| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| culinary |
of, concerning, or used for cooking. |
| disavow |
to deny having (knowledge, intention, or the like). |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| humbug |
something without substance or meaning, such as an idea or argument; nonsense. |
| indigence |
lack of means to live; poverty. |
| miscreant |
evil or malevolent; villainous. |
| permeate |
to pass or diffuse through; penetrate. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| reprieve |
to release (someone) temporarily or permanently from planned or impending punishment, pain, or difficulty. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| stark |
in all respects; total; extreme. |
| vagrant |
one who lacks a permanent home and wanders from place to place; nomad; tramp. |
| zenith |
the highest point; peak. |