| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| egotism |
excessive self-promotion; boastfulness or conceitedness. |
| gusto |
vigorous or hearty enjoyment or appreciation. |
| ingénue |
an inexperienced or artless girl or the role of a such a girl in a dramatic presentation. |
| mendacity |
a tendency to lie; untruthfulness. |
| mesmerize |
to induce a hypnotic trance in; hypnotize. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| plight1 |
a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament. |
| recourse |
that which may be turned to for assistance, protection, or a way out of a difficult situation. |
| risqué |
very close to indecency or indelicacy; sexually suggestive; racy. |
| stigmatize |
to label or brand as disgraceful or shameful. |
| vigil |
a watch or period of surveillance, especially one kept during normal sleeping hours. |