| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |