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panoramic
360 degrees, picture with broad view
prosaic
mandane, dull, ordinary, commonplace, banal
salutary
helpful, useful, beneficial
countenance
n 1. the expression of the face
2. an appearance of approval, lending countenance to their plan
v. to give approval to
virtuoso
a person who excells in the technique of doing something, especially singing or playing music
revel
to take a great delight, some people revel in gossip; to hold revels; n an occassion of boisterous marrymaking
balk at
to thwart, to hinder, to to discourage, to rfuse to proceed
delineate
to show by drawing or by describing
wallow
to roll about in water or sand, etc., to indulge oneself or take unrestrained pleasure in something, wallowing luxury
cogent
convincing, comelling belief, cogent argument
tepid
slightly warm, lukewarm
to castigate
to punish by blows or by critisizing severely
truculent
deffiant and aggressive
mendacious
untruthful, telling lies
diffident
lacking self confidence, hesitating to put oneself or one's ideas forward
bliss
perfect happiness
sagacious
showing wisdom in one's understanding and judgement of things
shinto
Japanese religion revering ancestors and nature spirits
abet
to encourage or assist in commiting an offence
raze
to destroy completely, to tear down to the ground
pumery
extreme poverty
prescient
foreknowledge
foresight
the ability to see and prepare for future needs
morose
sullen, gloomy, and unsociable
lascivious
lustful
gambit
1. an openning move in chess in which a player deliberately sacrifices a pawn or other pieces in order to gain favorable position in action
2. secure some advantage
voracious
1 greedy in eating
2. desiring much, a voracious reader, one who reads much and eagerly
inscribe
to write or cut words on a surface
concede
1. to admit that something is true
2. to grant, to allow to yield
exuberant
1. full of high spirits, very lively
2. growing profusely with exuberant foilage
exemplary
serving as an example, exemplary conduct, very good, an example to others; exemplary damages, very high damages
guile
trecherous cunning, craftiness
ignominious
bringing comtempt or disgrace, humiliating
cordial
1. a liquor sweetend with freit, etc.
2. adj. warm and friendly
coquette
a woman who flirts
beseeching
to implore, to request earnestly, to entreat
supplicant
a person asking for something humbly
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