| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |