| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |