| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |