| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |