| apportion |
to assign, adjust, or distribute parts so as to maintain the proper proportion; allot. |
| choleric |
having a quick temper; easily angered. |
| defeatist |
characterized by an acceptance or expectation of failure. |
| degenerate |
to decline from an original or former condition; change for the worse in nature or quality; deteriorate. |
| emulate |
to try to be the same as or better than (another person), especially by imitating. |
| equinox |
either of the two times during the year when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the earth's equator, occurring in March and September. During the equinox, day and night are both 12 hours long all over the world. |
| inept |
lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent. |
| perennial |
lasting throughout the year or for many years. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| petite |
of a girl or woman, short and slender. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| turbulence |
commotion, violent disorder, or unrest. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| unsubstantiated |
lacking the evidence or verification needed to establish as true. |
| visceral |
stemming from instinct or intuition rather than the intellect. |