| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |