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ISEE Vocab
Question | Answer |
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plated | (CROMATO, ricoperto di uno strato di oro di argento) |
reprisal | (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries (RAPPRESAGLIA, cioe' una azione di guerra in risposta ad un 'altra) |
rumbling | (to make) a loud low dull continuous noise (BRONTOLARE o BRONTOLIO) |
buttress | a beam of wood to support a building |
bough | a branch |
hiatus | a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, (interuzione, lacuna) |
crevice | a chasm - a gap or hole |
bluff | a cliff |
crony | a companion or friend |
shortage | a deficiency in quantity, lack, want, scarcity. (CARENZA< MANCANZA< SCARSITA") |
ailment | a disease |
aversion | a dislike |
alias | a disguise |
premonition | a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment (premonizione; presentimento) |
jubilation | a feeling of or the expressionof joy or exultation |
enmity | a feeling or condition of hostility (nota che e' simile a enemy!) |
brawl | a fight |
resignation | giving up an office, position; an accepting, unresisting attitude, state, etc.; submission; acquiescence (l'atto di LICENZIARSI ma anche la RASSEGNAZIONE, cioe' quello stato d'animo che ti fa accettare tutto) |
melancholy | a gloomy state of mind (essere melancolici, ad esempio quando si ha malinconia) |
armada | a group of ships |
rustic | rural - in the countryside |
abhor | to HATE |
legitimate | official |
pacify | to calm or make peaceful (PAC=peace) |
homely | ugly |
feeble | weak |
concise | short |
pinnacle | the top |