| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |