| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |