| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| 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. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |