<p>vicissitudes = struggles</p>
<p>The viscissitudes of daily life</p>
<p>vicarious</p>
<p>vicarious - living through another (as a substitute)</p>
<p>After reading the book, she vicariously experienced the problems of the main character.</p>
<p>providential</p>
<p>providential-Of or resulting from divine providence</p>
<p>The last-stage cancer patient made a providential recovery.</p>
<p>abbot</p>
<p>abbot - the superior of a monastery</p>
<p>James, our abbot, and us are debating whether we should buy the Doritos in Vons or Ralphs.</p>
<p>epitome</p>
<p>Epitome- a perfect example of a quality</p>
<p>He was the epitome of clumsiness as he once against staggered over the invisible obstacle lying before him.</p>
<p>trenchant</p>
<p>trenchant-forceful, effective and vigorous</p>
<p>Hitler was a trenchant dictator.</p>
<p>adduce</p>
<p>adduce - an example for your argument.</p>
<p>During the trial, Jame's dumb lawyer couldn't come with any adduce to defend his argument. </p>
<p>abnegate</p>
<p>ABNEGATE- To renounce(a right or privelage)</p>
<p>The corrupt king was forced to abnegate the throne.</p>
<p>acquiescence</p>
<p>acquiescence - appeasement, to concede to</p>
<p>The acquiescence of good to evil must never occur.</p>
<p>adumbrate</p>
<p>Adumbrate - to hint at something to come</p>
<p>Her horrible day was adumbrated by the bird pooping on her head, just the first of many unpleasant events.</p>
<p>prodigal</p>
<p>adumbrate - give a sketchy outline of something, brief summary. </p>
<p>James, our Honors Euro Lit teacher, is the coolest guy in Bamboo high school. His class takes only 20 minutes since he just adumbrates everyday's lesson to us and then have a quick open book quiz.</p>
<p>stolid</p>
<p>stolid-stern, serious, lacking emotion</p>
<pre><code> The young cadet was puzzled by his general's stolid face.
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<p>obsequious</p>
<p>obsequious- attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery</p>
<p>Obsequious James always handed in cool tee shirts, bumper stickers, free pizza and nachos, and coffee to students to win the election.</p>
<p>prodigal - wasteful, lavish</p>
<p>Tony Blair's prodigal wife spent $500 on her hair daily during the campaign season.</p>
<p>ab initio</p>
<p>ab initio - from the beginning</p>
<p>My lawyer found out the contract to be void ab initio. </p>
<p>status quo ante</p>
<p>Status quo ante - a past state of affairs</p>
<p>The old men in the retirement home used to sigh about the status quo ante damn young'uns.</p>
<p>Abecedarian</p>
<p>abecedarian-one who teaches or studies the alphabet, pertaining to the alphabet</p>
<pre><code> Professor Grant is an abecedarian when it comes to the study of the Greek and Russian alphabet
harbinger
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<p>harbinger - a forerunner. </p>
<p>A big group of 10 people in the middle of the night smoking and loaded with guns in the streets of Downtown LA was a harbinger that they might be gangsters.</p>
<p>parochial</p>
<p>parochial-reating to a church parish</p>
<p>Jimmy learned French in a parochial school in Baton Rouge.</p>
<p>witch hazel</p>
<p>witch hazel - some type of a shrub or small tree usu. in NE N.America.</p>
<p>It was odd to see a witch hazel in Jacksonville, FLA.</p>
<p>bequeath</p>