| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |