inimical-unfriendly or hostile; tending to obstruct or harm
His inimical stare indicated to his employees that they were underperforming
Juxtapose - place or deal with close together for contrasting effect
Laconic- using very few words
Malediction: A curse; a magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil or destruction
Neophilia - love of or enthusiasm for what is new or novel
obdurate: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action, inflexible, inexorable
Penury: an oppressive lack of resources (as money) severe poverty
quorum: minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting so that the proceedings are valid
The quorum for the share holders meeting to choose the next CEO was not met
ramify: branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions
Saccade - a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points.
Turgid: filled with water, bloated
Ubiquitous: existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent:
Volatile: liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse; (liquid) easily evaporated
A German word meaning world view, used to mean someone’s philosophy of life.
