| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |