| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |