| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |