| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| disparage |
to depreciate or belittle, especially in speech. |
| embody |
to put in a form that can be seen; make real. |
| exodus |
the leaving of large numbers of people. |
| fervor |
strength, heatedness, or intensity of feeling; impassioned enthusiasm. |
| gallantry |
admirable courage. |
| incur |
to become liable for or bring upon oneself (usually some unwanted or harmful consequence). |
| natal |
of or concerning one's birth. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| rift |
a break in social relations, because of a difference of opinion, quarrel, or the like; breach. |
| spellbind |
to hold fascinated, as by magicl; enchant. |
| universality |
the quality, character, or condition of being universal. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |