| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| discretion |
the freedom or authority to use one's own judgment. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| dossier |
a set of papers or documents that provide detailed information on a particular person or subject. |
| fiscal |
pertaining to public or governmental finances. |
| interrelate |
to place in or come into a shared, mutual, or reciprocal relationship. |
| noxious |
harmful, dangerous, or destructive, especially to health. |
| oblivion |
the state or condition of being entirely forgotten. |
| obnoxious |
offensive or not pleasant. |
| peripheral |
related but not essential. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| renounce |
to give up (a right or claim) usually by formal declaration or announcement; waive. |
| rite |
a formal ceremonial procedure prescribed or customary for a specific occasion, as in religious worship. |
| tempestuous |
characterized by disturbance or commotion; stormy; turbulent. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |