| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |