condemn,
incur,
indigent,
mitigate,
pecuniary,
penury,
schism,
wrath
Courtney Love explains that should she need to mitigate indigent circumstances for her daughter Frances, she would not hesitate to sell Nirvana songs for pecuniary gain. She realizes that this may create a schism between her and the fans of her late husband Kurt Cobain, but she would rather incur their wrath than condemn Frances to a life of penury.
mitigate - (verb) to decrease in intensity; to alleviate
indigent - (adjective) extremely poor
pecuniary - (adjective) relating to money
schism - (noun) a state of disagreement; a break of a group into factions
incur - (verb) to bring upon (oneself); to subject (oneself) to
wrath - (noun) extreme, often vindictive, anger
condemn - (verb) to express dissatisfaction or disapproval of; to sentence
penury - (noun) extreme poverty
altercation,
candidly,
circumvent,
consummate,
fallacy,
indolence,
perpetuate,
vicissitude
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, who have spoken candidly in the past about the challenges of matrimony, announced that they are formally separating. In 2002, Ryan explained that they were seeking marriage counseling because "the biggest mistake" is circumventing the problem and allowing the relationship to disintegrate as a result of indolence. At that time, Reese commented that she was "not interested in the fallacy of the Hollywood relationship" that perpetuates the myth of a consummate union free from altercations and vicissitudes.
candidly - (adverb) frankly, honestly, openly
circumvent - (verb) to avoid; to bypass
indolence - (noun) laziness; sloth
fallacy - (noun) a false idea
perpetuate - (verb) to prolong; to cause the indefinite continuation of
consummate - (adjective) complete or perfect
altercation - (noun) a fight or quarrel
vicissitude - (noun) a change; the quality of changing
denizen,
exhort,
opine,
perspective,
prospective,
revivify
Adam Brody and Luke Perry visited Kent State University to speak in support of Democrat Sherrod Brown in his campaign to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate. Both Adam and Luke exhorted students to exercise their right to vote. Adam offered his perspective to the prospective voters, telling them, "You are no longer the future, you are the present." Luke, a former denizen of Ohio, opined that too many people have died in combat in Iraq and that the return of Ohioan troops is necessary to revivify the state.
exhort - (verb) to encourage or urge, usually with a strong argument
perspective - (noun) a view or visible scene; a mental view or position
prospective - (adjective) relating to the future; likely to be
denizen - (noun) an inhabitant
opine - (verb) to express an opinion
revivify - (verb) to give new life to
