| abnegation |
the act of relinquishing or abandoning, as a right, role, or good. |
| appease |
to cause to become calmer by meeting demands. |
| belated |
too late; tardy. |
| dexterity |
grace and easy quickness in using the hands or body; skill. |
| elegy |
a sorrowful or mournful poem or musical composition, especially a lament for the dead. |
| emancipate |
to free from slavery or other control. |
| limpid |
perfectly clear; transparent. |
| machination |
(usually plural) elaborate or devious schemes. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| singular |
extraordinary or exceptional. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| surreptitious |
made, performed, or achieved by stealth or in secret. |
| tactile |
of, having, or pertaining to the sense of touch. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |