| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |