| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |