| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |