| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| 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. |
| tummler |
an entertainer or social director who encourages participation by guests or audience. |