| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |