| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |