| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |