| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |