| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| demeanor |
the way in which one conducts oneself; deportment. |
| discrepancy |
lack of agreement; difference; inconsistency. |
| imminent |
about to happen or likely to happen soon. |
| manifold |
abundant and varied. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| raconteur |
one who is talented in storytelling. |
| scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| tertiary |
third in order, rank, importance, degree, or the like. |
| tithe |
an amount of money, produce, or goods equal in value to a tenth of one's income, given or paid as a contribution or tax, especially to a church. |
| torpid |
dormant or inactive, as in hibernation. |
| wheedle |
to try to persuade or influence by coaxing or flattery; cajole. |