| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |