| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| albeit |
notwithstanding; even though. |
| bulwark |
a wall or wall-like structure, often made of earth and used for defense; rampart. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| deferential |
respectfully submissive to the desires, opinions, or judgments of others. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| orifice |
an opening, such as a vent, mouth, or hole, through which something can pass. |
| palatable |
acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |
| piety |
worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family. |
| proxy |
a person who is authorized to act for or on behalf of another, especially as a voter; substitute. |
| reconcile |
to heal differences and restore a good relationship between. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| replete |
well-supplied; full (usually followed by "with"). |
| revelry |
noisy merrymaking. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |