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. |