
Explanation of optimism (noun) the view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best
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Explanation of preservation (noun) conservation
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Explanation of defamation (noun) malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another
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Explanation of virtu (noun) form: no plural rare, curious or beautiful quality
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Explanation of bristle (noun) form: bristles one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc
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Explanation of cynicism (noun) contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value
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Explanation of refringency (noun) power to refract
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Explanation of quietus (noun) form: quietuses a silencing, suppressing or ending
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Explanation of educe (verb) forms: educed; educed; educing to draw out
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Explanation of hesitation (noun) form: hesitations vacillation
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