| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |