| Term | Definition |
|---|
| alleviate | making more bearable |
| altruism | Unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
| ameliorate | to improve |
| ancillary | helping |
| creed | A formal statement of religious belief |
| detrimental | Causing damage or harm; injurious |
| eloquent | Characterized by persuasive, powerful discourse |
| embarked | To cause to board a vessel or aircraft |
| empathy | Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
| exacerbate | To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of |
| examplars | a model; an ideal that serves as a pattern |
| flourish | To grow well or luxuriantly; |
| foster | to bring up; to nurture |
| heralded | To proclaim; announce |
| immense | Extremely large; huge. |
| imperative | command; priciple; rule |
| influx | A flowing in |
| inherent | Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic |
| intractable | difficult to manage |
| intrinsically | Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent. |
| lucrative | producing wealth; profitable |
| manifests | To be evidence of; prove. |
| mavens | experts |
| meager | Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty. |
| merits | Superior quality or worth |
| philanthropy | human love |
| proclamations | announce officially |
| prominent | widely known |
| revelation | The act of revealing or disclosing. |
| scrounging | To obtain (something) by begging |
| skeptical | Marked by or given to doubt |
| stigma | A negative image of property, after its environmental problem was remediated. |
| tycoons | A wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; a magnate |
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