| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| ambivalence |
the presence of conflicting feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, thing, or situation. |
| azure |
the color of a clear blue sky. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| eccentricity |
an odd or peculiar behavior, habit, interest, or the like. |
| enclave |
a small territory or country mostly or completely surrounded by another. |
| heartrending |
causing or expressing deep sorrow or anguish. |
| homogeneous |
having all parts of the same or a similar type. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| memoir |
an account of facts or events based primarily on the author's personal experience. |
| mercenary |
interested only in money and material gain. |
| pirouette |
a ballet movement involving a rapid rotation of the body upon the toes or foot. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| realign |
to come to a new relationship or set of alliances, as countries or political factions. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |