| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| 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. |