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Ditat Deus
is Latin for "God enriches." |
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Abattoir
means "slaughterhouse." It comes from the French word for "to strike down" or "to kill." |
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Ethereal
means not only "celestial" or "heavenly," but also "marked by unusual delicacy or refinement." |
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Diaphanous
means "characterized by extreme delicacy of form" or "ethereal. |
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Bellicose
means "favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars." It comes from the Latin word for "war," bellum . |
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Vernal
meaning "of, relating to, or occurring in the spring," comes from the Latin word for spring, vernalis . |
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Capricious
means "changing often and quickly" or "not logical or reasonable."
It comes from the French word caprice , which means "a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action." |
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Filibuster
means "an effort to prevent action in a legislature by making a long speech or series of speeches." |
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Dowager
means "a woman holding property or a title from her deceased husband."
It comes through French from the Latin word meaning "to endow" and is related to dowry . |
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Ambergris
is "a waxy substance from the sperm whale that is used to make perfumes." |
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Contrite
means "feeling or showing sorrow or remorse for a sin or shortcoming." It comes from the Latin word that means "to grind" or "to bruise." |
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Poinsettia
A poinsettia is "a plant with large red, pink, or white leaves that look like petals" and is native to Mexico and Central America. |
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Urbane
means "notably polite or polished in manner." It comes from the Latin urbanus , which meant both "of the city" - the origin of the English word
urban - and "elegant and sophisticated," qualities associated with city living in ancient times. |
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Visceral
means "of or relating to an internal organ of the body." It comes from the Latin word for "internal organs." |
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Hunker
originally meant "to crouch" or "to squat."
The extended meaning, "to settle in or dig in for a sustained period" usually refers to taking shelter or waiting through something unpleasant or difficult. |
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Tumult
means "a disorderly agitation" or "a turbulent uprising." |
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Meme
A meme is "an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture."
It comes from the Greek word that means "to imitate" and was formed by analogy to the word
gene by the scientist Richard Dawkins in 1976: just as a gene is a unit of biological information, a meme is a unit of cultural information. |
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Egregious
comes from the Greek words that mean "apart from the herd" – i.e. outside of normal or acceptable standards or behavior. |
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Surreptitious
means "done, made, or acquired by stealth," or "clandestine." It comes from the Latin verb that means "to snatch secretly." |
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Vituperative
means "containing or characterized by verbal abuse." Synonyms and related words include abusive, scurrilous , vitriolic , malicious, spiteful, etc.
Vituperative derives from the Latin
vitium ("fault") + perare ("make"). |
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Post time 24-5-2017 10:42 AM
