| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| courier |
someone who delivers messages, packages, and the like, especially for a government, military organization, or business. |
| duplicity |
deceitful speech or action. |
| emanate |
to come or send forth; issue or emit. |
| exorbitant |
exceeding the bounds of what is reasonable, fair, or proper; immoderate. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| magnanimity |
generosity or willingness to forgive. |
| magnanimous |
having or showing a generous, forgiving, or noble nature. |
| naysayer |
a person who refuses, denies, or opposes, especially because of cynicism or pessimism. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| pilgrimage |
a usually long trip undertaken for religious purposes, such as to visit a holy place. |
| realist |
a person who tends to see or present things as they actually are. |
| reciprocity |
a mutual interchange of privileges or favors between two nations, groups, or institutions. |
| revivalist |
suited to or aimed at the purpose of bringing back former beliefs, ideas, or practices. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |