| crony |
a close friend or ally (often used pejoratively). |
| diffident |
unsure of oneself; shy; demure. |
| hew |
to follow or obey strictly. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| induce |
to persuade or influence, as to a course of action. |
| inferiority |
the fact or condition of being lesser in quality, worth, importance, rank, or position. |
| inherent |
existing in or belonging to something as an essential or inborn part of its nature; innate; intrinsic. |
| ominous |
giving a sign of future evil or trouble. |
| perseverance |
steadfast continuance in a course of action, task, or belief. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| 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. |
| renunciation |
the act or an instance of giving up or rejecting something, usually as a sacrifice; renouncing. |
| rostrum |
a raised platform or dais for public speaking. |
| salubrious |
favorable to good health; healthy; wholesome. |
| temperament |
the manner of thinking, feeling, and acting that is characteristic of a particular person or animal. |