new words from “the secret history”
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Cards (49)
- incredulous is unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true
- whimsical is acting or behaving in a capricious manner.
- bailiwick is a sphere of competence
- wistfully is a synonym for thoughtfully
- to render = to provide
- a ghastly thing is a horrible thing
- wrath is a synonym for anger/rage
- to induce is to cause
- valve in russian is клапан
- utter destruction = complete, 100% destruction
- how appalling = how awful
- superstitious person is a person which believes in supersititions
- abject is a synonym for pathetic
- bellowing means roaring
- acutely means strongly/sharply
- preposterously is absurdly or ridicilously
- to refine is to improve
- veil is a piece of cloth that covers the face of a woman in public, especially in a religious context
- subdue means to reduce the power or influence of (a person or thing)
- consternation means great concern or worry, especially about something that is likely to happen or that has already happened
- irreversible thing is something that cannot be undone or reversed, especially something that is irreparable
- inexplicable means not able to be explained by reason or logic, or not understandable
- temptation is a strong desire to do something that is wrong or harmful