made strong against a particular hardship by exposure to it
vestigial
not fully developed in mature animals
depreciation
lessening in value
extol
praise highly
pretext
false reason to justify an action
entreaty
urgent request
insurgency
armed rebellion
mettle
courage
chasten
discipline
duplicity
deceptiveness, especially in regard to one's feelings
conflate
to fuse into one
guile
craftiness; ability to deceive
unduly
in an inappropriate manner or quantity
extenuate
make less important
shambolic
chaotic; very disorderly
obfuscate
make unclear
edifice
A permanent building
ostracize
to exclude from a group, banish, send away
synergy
combined action or operation; the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects