| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |