Word |
Meaning |
unique friendship |
unparalleled
frindship (There is no ther friendship is compared with theirs) |
singular impact |
a powerful effect that
something, especially something new, has on
a situation or person |
enroute |
n
the way to or from somewhere |
stopover |
a short stay in
a place that you make while you are on
a longerjourney to somewhere else |
acquinted with |
to
make someone or yourself familiar with something |
trilogy |
a series of
three books, plays, etc. written about the
same situationor characters, forming a continuous story |
fascinating |
extremely interesting |
longstanding |
having existed for
a long time |
compilation |
a book
that has been made from several separate parts |
publisher |
an organization that publishes text or music |
scholarly |
containing a serious, detailed study of
a subject |
insight |
(the ability to
have) a clear, deep, and sometimes suddenunderstanding of
a complicated problem or situation |
artist |
someone
who creates things
with great skill and imagination |
astiste |
a skilled performer, especially a dancer, singer,
or actor |
portal |
a large, important entrance to
a building |
harsh |
unpleasant, unkind, cruel,
or more severe than is necessary |
brought out |
to
make a particular quality or detail noticeable |
reassurance |
words
of advice and comfort intended to make
someone feel lessworried: |
fortunate |
lucky |
endorse |
to
make
a public statement of your approval or support for
something or someone |
accusation |
a statement saying
that someone has done something morallywrong, illegal,
or unkind, or the fact of accusing someone |
detractors |
someone
who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly |
reputatin |
the opinion that people in general have
about someone or something, or how
much respect or admiration someone or
somethingreceives, based on
past behaviour or character |
depicted |
to represent or
show something in a picture or story |
material poverty |
Material
poverty is the lack of sufficient material means to meet basic
needs. The lack of sufficient material means could include a lack
of food, drinking water, shelter, clothing, or medicine. |
spiritual poverty |
not
to help the poor and powerless in some way is spiritual poverty |
enormous |
extremely large |
deplorable |
very
bad |
arrogance of the West |
The
Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and
nothing to learn from them |
quest |
a long search for
something that is difficult to find, or
an attempt toachieve something difficult |
convert |
to
(cause something or someone to) change in form or
character |
muster up |
If
you muster up
a feeling of courage or energy,
you try hard to findthat quality in yourself because
you need it in order to do something |
living meseum piece |
One
that is worth keeping or showing in a museum |
worthwhile |
useful, important,
or good enough to be a suitable reward for
themoney or time spent or the effort made |
discreet |
clearly separate or
different in shape or form |
aloof |
not friendly |
intimidating |
making
you feel frightened or nervous |
anuassuming |
Someone
who is unassuming
is quiet and shows no wish for attentionor admiration: |
subtle |
not
noticable |
screenings |
a test or examination to discover if
there is anything wrong with someone |
cemented |
to
make something such as
an agreement or friendship stronger (or) If you cement an
agreement or relationship, you make it unlikely to change |
elegance |
graceful and attractive in appearance or behaviour |
screenplay |
the text for
a film, including the words to be spoken by
the actors andinstructions for the cameras |
manuscripts |
the original copy of
a book or article before it is printed |
humane |
showing kindness, care,
and sympathy towards others, especiallythose who
are suffering |
colossus |
a person or
thing of great size, influence, or ability |
immortal |
very special and famous and therefore likely to
be remembered for a long time |
dictum |
a short statement, especially one expressing advice or
a general truth |
analogy |
a comparison between
things that have similar features, often used
to help explain a principle or idea |
critics |
someone
whose job is to give their opinion about
something,especially films, books, music, etc. |
didactic |
intended to teach people a moral lesson |
verbose |
using
or containing more words than are necessary |
impulse |
a sudden strong wish to
do something |
easthetics |
An
aesthetic object or a work of art is one
that shows great beauty (or) relating to the study of beauty |
no ine is a prophet in one's own country |
no
one is a prophet in one's own country means that it
is very difficult for people whoknow us closely to acknowledge our greatness |
agnostic |
someone
who does not know, or believes that it
is impossible to know, if a god exists |
deathbed |
the bed that
someone dies in or is dying in |
fallout |
as
a result |
establishment |
a business or
other organization, or the place where
anorganization operates |
reservations |
a doubt or feeling of
not being able to agree with
oraccept something completely |