Prose test #4

diligence

steady, earnest, and energetic effort; persistent and careful hard work

infirmity

the condition of being feeble, weak; disease

belie

to show (something) to be false or wrong, contradict

stupefaction

a state of shock, unconsciousness, or insensibility

apostrophe

the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically

malady

a disease or disorder of the animal body

meticulousness

the quality of being extremely careful about doing something in a very accurate and exact way

efficacy

the power to produce a result or effect

congenital

existing at or dating from birth, constituting an essential/natural characteristic

dynamic

marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change

altruism

unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others

rebut

to expose the falsity of, to contradict or oppose

hastening

the act of making something happen sooner or faster

concomitant

something that accompanies or is collaterally connected with something else

temper

to dilute, qualify, or soften by the addition or influence of something else; to exercise control over