English Terms
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- ecatatic
- feeling great rapture or delight
- chauvainism
- zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
- feign
- to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of
- enigma
- puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- auspicious
- promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
- cunning
- skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
- blanch
- to whiten by removing color; bleach:
- ambrosia
- something especially delicious to taste or smell
- audacity
- boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions
- impalpable
- difficult for the mind to grasp readily or easily:
- esoteric
- understood by or meant for only the select few who have special
- expedient
- tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances
- abase
- .) to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- bombastic
- .) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
- complacent
- .) pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect;
- appease
- ) to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe:
- illustrious
- highly distinguished; renowned; famous:
- carrion
- dead and putrefying flesh.
- exipate
- to atone for; make amends or reparation for:
- gall
- to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely
- imperious
- urgent; imperative
- demoralize
- to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of:
- folly
- the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- dissipate
- to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- domain
- a field of action, thought, influence, etc
- guise
- general external appearance; aspect; semblance
- atone
- ) to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender
- humility
- the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
- incredulity
- ) inability or unwillingness to believe
- guile
- insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity
- benefaction
- an act of conferring a benefit; the doing of good; a good deed:
- capricious
- subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic:
- abomination
- anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.
- fortuitous
- happening or produced by chance; accidental
- brazen
- shameless or impudent
- formidable
- causing fear, apprehension, or dread:
- assuage
- something especially delicious to taste or smell.
- exquisite
- special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry.
- clarion
- clear and shrill
- fissure
- .) a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.