| affinity |
a strong sense of liking; a natural attraction or sympathy. |
| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| commentary |
a series of explanatory or interpretive remarks or comments. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| immobile |
standing or holding still; not moving; motionless. |
| inconsequential |
having no significant effect or result; not important. |
| nuance |
a subtle quality or difference in tone, meaning, color, or the like; shade. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| remunerative |
providing or likely to provide payment or reward; profitable. |
| revoke |
to take back, cancel, or make no longer valid. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| sear1 |
to burn or scorch the outside of. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |
| wreak |
to carry out or cause. |