| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |