| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |