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- Abrir
- Abierto
- Currir
- Cubierto
- Descubrir
- Descubierto
- Escribir
- Escrito
- Freir
- Frito
- Romper
- Roto
- Ver
- Visto
- Morir
- Muerto
- Poner
- Puesto
- Volver
- Vuelto
- Decir
- Dicho
- Hacer
- Hecho
- Antipodes (n)
- The polar opposite (originally referred to the other side of the world – from the Greek anti- opposite, pod- foot, meaning “with feet opposite†(above their heads) (adj. antipodean)
- Caprice (n)
- A sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated feeling or action, a whim; a sudden unpredictable change; a disposition to do things impulsively (adj. capricious)
- Contravene (v)
- To go or act contrary to (something); to oppose in argument (from the Latin contra- against, venire- come) (n. contravener )
- Debauchery (n)
- Extreme indulgence in sensuality (usually drinking or sex); orgy or the act of engaging in orgiastic behavior (v. debauch – to seduce, pervert, corrupt)
- Discourse (n)
- Verbal interchange of ideas, conversation; formal, orderly or extended expression of a thought on a subject; familiarity (as in being conversational with someone) (v. discourse, adj. discursive)
- Elysium (n)
- Paradise, especially after death (from the Greek Elysion – abode of the blessed after death)
- Eradicate (v)
- Pull up by the roots; do away with completely (from Latin e- radix- “rootâ€)
- Eschew (v)
- To shun or avoid on a regular basis (n. eschewal)
- Fetter (n)
- A chain or shackles for the feet; something that confines or restrains (v. fetter – as in to put fetters on something) (from Old English feter “footâ€)
- Halcyon (adj)
- Calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous (from a legendary bird thought to float her nest during the winter solstice on calm seas, and that charmed the water to make it especially calm on these days – we commonly use the word in the phrase “halcyon days†or days of particular calm and happiness)
- Incredulous (adj)
- Unwilling to accept something as truth; not credulous; skeptical; also incredible (n. incredulity) (from Latin in- “not†credulus “believingâ€)
- Incumbent (adj)
- Imposed as a duty, obligatory; resting or lying on something else (from Latin incumbere “to lie down on†– so your duty is something that rests on your shoulders) (n. incumbent -- someone who holds an office, as in an incumbent political candidate)
- Inexorable (adj)
- Relentless; not persuaded or moved by entreaty (n. inexorability, inexorableness; adv, inexorably)
- Intemperate (adj)
- Not temperate or moderate – almost always used in terms of excessive drinking (the Women’s Temperance Society was the anti-drinking movement in early 20th Century America) (n. intemperateness, adv. intemperately)
- Irresolute (adj)
- Uncertain how to act or proceed, vacillating (n. irresoluteness, irresolution; adv. irresolutely)
- Livid (adj)
- Black and blue, discolored by bruising; pale, ashen; reddish; angry or enraged (from Latin lividus “blueâ€) (n. lividness)
- Menial (adj)
- Lowly, humble (in terms of work); appropriate for a servant; lacking dignity (from Middle English meynie “householdâ€) (n. a menial is a servant adv. menially)
- Mien (n)
- Demeanor, appearance, bearing
- Peruse (v)
- To examine, look over or read slowly and carefully; study (n. perusal)
- Recrimination (n)
- A retaliatory accusation; the making of such accusations (v. recriminate, adj. recriminatory)
- Reprobate (v)
- To condemn strongly, criticize, reject (n. reprobation) (n. reprobate – someone depraved or morally corrupt, adj. reprobate – characterisic of a reprobate)
- Repudiate (v)
- To refuse to have anything to do with, disown; to divorce or separate formally from (a woman); to refuse to accept, to reject (from Latin repudiare “to reject a prospective spouseâ€) (n. repudiation)
- Reverie (n)
- Daydream, state of being lost in thought (from French rêverie “delirium,†rêve “dreamâ€)
- Surly (adj)
- Churlish, sullen, cranky (from Middle English sirly “lordlyâ€)
- Torpid (adj)
- Numb, sluggish, apathetic (n. torpidity)
- Vocation (n)
- Calling, especially to the priesthood or a religious order; occupation or job (from Latin vocare “to call,†vox “voiceâ€)