| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |