| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |