| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |