| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |