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pos • ter • i • ty n., succeeding generations. The old general wrote his memoirs in the belief that posterity would thank him for his efforts.

ver • i • ty n., truth. That mothers love their children is an eternal verity.

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daunt • less adj., fearless. I would say that anyone who jumped a motorcycle over the Grand Canyon was either a fool or utterly dauntless, or perhaps both.

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joc • und adj., cheerful, merry. Santa Claus is known to be a jocund and merry old man.

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non • pa • reil n., someone unequaled. The widower would not marry again because his wife of sixty years had been a nonpareil, and he could find no other like her.

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ma • lev • o • lence n., malice, spitefulness. The villain of the murder mystery displayed his malevolence through an evil glare and wicked laugh.