| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |