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| to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed: to abash someone by sneering. |
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| to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb |
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| capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness: a remedy of great efficacy. |
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| to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like: to imbibe a sermon; to imbibe beautiful scenery. |
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| that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable. |
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intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
stealthily treacherous or deceitful: an insidious enemy. |
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| a person who violates the law; criminal. |
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| a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species. |
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| to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively. |
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| to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate. |
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| a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris. |
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| to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc. |
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| being more than is sufficient or required; excessive. |
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| of the nature of or resembling a tempest: a tempestuous wind. |
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| to give life to; animate; |
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