| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |