| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stately |
dignified. |