| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| antipodes |
places directly opposite each other on the surface of the earth, as the North Pole and the South Pole. |
| discordant |
in conflict or disagreement. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| galvanize |
to stimulate into awareness or activity. |
| invalidate |
to deprive a claim of force or effect by negating its factual or legal basis. |
| maladjustment |
an inability to bring one's own needs into harmony with the demands of the external environment. |
| nuptial |
of or relating to a wedding ceremony or to marriage. |
| penurious |
extremely needy or poor; poverty-stricken. |
| pestilence |
an epidemic, usually deadly, disease; plague. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| reverent |
characterized by, showing, or feeling great respect and awe mingled with love. |
| sojourn |
to live for a short time in a place; stay temporarily. |
| submissive |
inclined or obliged to submit; unresisting; obedient; docile. |
| valediction |
a farewell speech, especially one given by a student of the highest honors at a graduation ceremony. |