| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |