| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |