| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| benefactor |
one who helps or brings good to an individual or an institution, usually by giving money. |
| biennial |
happening every second year. |
| desist |
to stop acting in a certain way. |
| disenfranchise |
to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote. |
| elitist |
believing in, supporting, or promoting the superiority of a select or privileged group. |
| incorporate |
to include as part of a larger thing; blend. |
| infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
| intercede |
to act as a mediator in a dispute or disagreement. |
| pragmatic |
concerned with actual causes and effects rather than abstract theories or ideas; practical. |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. |
| sermonize |
to preach, or to speak as if doing so. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |