| ambivalence |
the presence of conflicting feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, thing, or situation. |
| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| elaboration |
the act or an instance of adding explanatory material or detail, or the material or detail so added. |
| equilibrium |
a state of balance between two or more forces. |
| gaffe |
a crude social error; blunder; faux pas. |
| girth |
the length around something. |
| inclement |
of weather, violent or disagreeable. |
| necessitate |
to make unavoidable; require. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| solemnity |
the condition or quality of being grave or serious. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |
| universality |
the quality, character, or condition of being universal. |
| vitality |
exuberance; energy; vigor. |