| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |