| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |