| Term | Definition |
| adversity | misfortune |
| cardinal | most important |
| credible | believable |
| empathize | to show or feel understanding of another's feelings |
| faculty | any of the natural powers of the mind and body |
| faculty | an inborn ability |
| faculty | all the teachers of a school |
| harrowing | very distressing or acutely painful |
| impair | to damage or weaken |
| infer | to reach a conclusion through reasoning |
| intuition | knowing or sensing something without reason |
| manifest | plain to see; evident |
| manifest | to make clear |
| nuance | a very slight change in feeling or meaning |
| pernicious | very destructive or harmful |
| solace | comfort or relief in sorrow |
| treatise | a methodically and thoroughly written discussion |
| vogue | popular fashion of the time |