| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |