| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |