| advocate |
to speak or act in favor of. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| backwater |
any place that is seen as primitive, unchanging, or stagnant. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| hallowed |
considered sacred; venerated. |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| infelicity |
the quality or condition of being inappropriate, or unfortunate in the given circumstances. |
| mannerism |
a distinctive and habitual behavioral characteristic. |
| protract |
to extend in time; prolong. |
| receptive |
open and willing to accommodate new thoughts and ideas. |
| redundant |
unnecessarily repetitive. |
| reiterate |
to say again. |
| reticent |
reluctant to speak; not given to frequent speech; restrained; shy. |
| seedy |
unkempt or shabby. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |