| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |