| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |