| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |