| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |