| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |