| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |