| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |