| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |