| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |