| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |