| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| ambulatory |
able to walk about. |
| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| certitude |
the state, condition, or feeling of freedom from uncertainty or doubt. |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usually by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| exude |
to emit or give off from, or as if from, the pores of the skin. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| legacy |
money, property, or other goods left to someone in a will. |
| obnoxious |
offensive or not pleasant. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| patron |
a regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or some other business. |
| pertinent |
having to do with or connected to a subject; relevant. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| presage |
to be a sign or warning of; portend or foretell. |