| detriment |
harm, injury, or loss. |
| dignitary |
one who holds a high office or rank. |
| endemic |
native to or restricted to a given place or population. |
| haggard |
having a very tired, worried, or wasted look. |
| indisposed |
slightly and temporarily ill, as with indigestion or a cold. |
| inviolable |
absolutely not to be breached, dishonored or profaned. |
| inviolate |
not broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| invoke |
to call out to (a god, muse, or the like) for help, support, protection, or inspiration. |
| monotone |
speech with little or no change in tone. |
| oracular |
of, like, pertaining to, of having the nature of divine wisdom; prophetic; wise. |
| pauper |
a very poor person who must live on public money. |
| residue |
a substance or quantity that remains after a part has been removed or after a process has been completed. |
| resurgent |
surging or rising once again; coming back. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |