| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |