| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |