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English
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| (V.) To brag or boast, to speak vaingloriously of; (N.) A boastful action or utterance | Vaunt |
| A disorderly crowd or mob; the lower classes; the common people; | Rabble |
| Fierce, cruel, savagely brutal; brutally harsh or scathing; aggressively hostile or belligerent | Truculent |
| Causing or involving great trouble, disaster, fear, or suffering; desperate or urgent | Dire |
| Dissecting or causing hatred; highly offensive, repellant, repugnant, disgusting | Odious |
| Making claims or pretensions to similar importance; overbearingly assuming or proud; showing an extreme scense of self importance or superiority | Arrogant |
| To make milder or less severe; relieve, ease, mitigate; to smooth or to calm; to mollify | Assuage |
| Exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; overdramatic, sensationalized | Melodramatic |
| Foolish or all-absorbing passion; the object of this kind of passion | Infatuation |