| antecedent |
an event, circumstance, or thing coming before another. |
| equity |
the quality of being fair and reasonable; fairness. |
| infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| mendacity |
a tendency to lie; untruthfulness. |
| quota |
the part or share of something that is due to a person or group. |
| rancor |
bitter, continuing resentment; hatred. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| repress |
to restrain or prevent the expression of (feelings, utterances, or the like). |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |
| revitalize |
to bring new life to. |
| surmise |
to infer without certain knowledge; suppose; guess. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |
| wean |
to cause to be free of a habit, activity, or the like, often by means of a distraction or substitute. |