| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |