| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |