| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| depersonalize |
to cause to lose individual identity or characteristics. |
| disinterest |
lack of bias or self-interest; impartiality. |
| expiate |
to atone or make amends for (a sin, crime, offense, or the like). |
| fervent |
having or expressing warmth, depth, or intensity of feeling. |
| lackluster |
without brilliance or vitality; dull. |
| mettlesome |
spirited or courageous. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| protégé |
a person under the care or sponsorship of an influential patron. |
| scrutinize |
to look at closely and carefully, with attention to detail. |
| simultaneous |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| tenure |
the period of holding or possessing something. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |