| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| benefactor |
one who helps or brings good to an individual or an institution, usually by giving money. |
| confidant |
one to whom a secret or secrets are entrusted. |
| convoke |
to summon to an assembly; marshal. |
| emanate |
to come or send forth; issue or emit. |
| equable |
not varying extremely or suddenly; uniform; stable. |
| fluctuate |
to vary or change irregularly; rise and fall. |
| inoffensive |
having no insulting or harmful qualities; innocuous. |
| lackluster |
without brilliance or vitality; dull. |
| mien |
one's manner or bearing. |
| reprehensible |
deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy. |
| spat1 |
a short, slight quarrel. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |
| tolerable |
capable of being put up with or endured. |