| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |