| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |