| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |