| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |