| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |