| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |