| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |