| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |