| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| hone |
to make more effective or adept; perfect. |
| immobility |
the state or condition of not moving or being motionless. |
| implacable |
not to be pacified or diverted; unappeasable or inexorable. |
| misapprehension |
a failure to understand. |
| ostracize |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion. |
| partake |
to take part; participate (usually followed by "in"). |
| psychiatrist |
a medical doctor who treats people with mental and emotional illnesses. |
| skeptic |
one who is inclined to question or doubt assertions that are made or accepted by others. |
| superficial |
of, pertaining to, or located on the surface. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| uproarious |
causing loud or uncontrollable laughter; hilarious. |
| wean |
to cause to be free of a habit, activity, or the like, often by means of a distraction or substitute. |