| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |