| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |