All terms in this list:

Intolerance: unwilling to accept beliefs that are different from one's own; sensitivity to food or medicine

Activate: to make active; to set in motion;to start

Petty: trivial or unimportant; spiteful; narrow-minded

Charitable: generous in giving gifts or helping with the needy; lenient when judging others

Pious: suggesting real or affected devotion to religious beliefs; devout

Colossal: huge; gigantic; vast; extraordinary

Invariable: not variable

Confined: not free to move

Tarnish: To soil, sully, damage or compromise

Eccentric: not perfectly circular.

Clarify: to make clear by removing impurities

irk: to irritate; to tire out; to trouble

Essay: A written composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject.

Proposal: a plan that is put forward for consideration; a suggestion; an offer of marriage

Sarcasm: a sharp remark uttered to mock or make fun of

Successor: one who succeeds or follows another in office or position; and heir

Apt: fitting ; likely; clever

summit: a peak; the top of a mountain

Temperament: disposition; the manner in which a person thinks response

Deduction: that which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed