| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |