| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |