| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
| dross |
anything that is worthless or useless; rubbish. |
| energize |
to inspire, make active, or enliven. |
| enigmatic |
puzzling, mysterious, or inexplicable. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
| insolvent |
incapable of paying debts or meeting liabilities; penniless; bankrupt. |
| restitution |
the payment of money in order to compensate for damage, loss, or injury. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |
| squalid |
dirty or foul, as from neglect. |