Sojourn
a temporary stay
probity
honesty
To probe
To examine
beacon
a guiding light or signal
bastion
A fortress
disparity
difference
discrepancy
A difference in
poignant
emotionally touching
benign
harmless
intrinsic
a natural part of
wry
dryly humorous
eclectic
made up of different sources
pejorative
negative
derogatory
offensive
tenacious
refusing to give up
stalwart
resolute
substantial
solid and worthy
to substantiate
to back up with proof
palliative
to alleviate
to palliate
to relieve temporary
to mitigate
to make better of
to assuage
to lesson or relieve
to mollify
to pacify
to inundate
to flood
to deride
to ridicule
to castigate
to scold
to upbraid
to scold
to berate
to scold
to gainsay
to deny
to refute
to challenge