| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |