| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |