| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |