asceticism

(n) practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline

dint

(n) force; power

envoy

(n) a minister plenipotentiary authorized to a foreign gov. who ranks between an ambassador and a minister resident

defray

(transitive v) to provide for the payment of

crass

(adj) having or indicating such grossness of mind as prevents delicacy and discrimination

beguile

(v) to lead by deception

allocate

(transitive v) to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular person or things

enjoins

(transitive v) to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent warning

oscillate

(intransitive v) to swing back and forward like a pendulum ; to move or travel back and forth between two points

interloper

(n) an illegal or unlicensed trader

incarcerate

(transitive v) to put in prison

vacuous

(adj) emptied of or lacking content

akimbo

(adj) having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward

jubilant

(adj) showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant

presumptuous

(adj) overstepping due bounds (as of proprietary or courtesy) : taking liberties

pecuniary

(adj) consisting of or measured in money

licentious

(adj) lacking legal or moral restraints; especially: disregarding sexual restraints

muse

(v) to become absorbed in thought; especially: to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively

subversive

(n) a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a gov. or political system by persons working secretly from within

lassitude

(n) a condition of weariness or debility

vacillate

(intransitive v) to sway through lack of equilibrium

initiative

(n) an introductory act or step; leading action

disparity

(adj) containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements

avocation

(n) something a person does in addition to a principal occupation, esp. for pleasure; hobby

efficacy

(n) the power to produce an effect

capricious

(adj) subject to, led by, or indicative or caprice or whim; erratic

reticent

(adj) inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech

hospice

(n) a lodging for travelers, young persons, or the underprivileged esp. when maintained by religious order

moribund

(adj) being in the state of dying: approaching death

risque

(adj) verging on impropriety or indecency