Sentence:  There were several fairly good minor portraits in the play , including William Hansen 's impersonation of a stubborn , rather pathetic father , and Katherine Squire 's vigorous characterization of a farm mother who <WSD>brooked</WSD> no hifalutin ' nonsense from her daughter , or anyone else . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  put up with something or somebody unpleasant