| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |