abide |
to put up with; stand. |
advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
limn |
to paint or draw. |
magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |