Beyond Good and Evil Glossary

Beyond Good and Evil Glossary

Sympathetic

showing sympathy

Tolerate

to bear something, to live with

Loath

unwilling to do something , reluctant

Wholly

completely, entirely

Struggle

to fight

Contempt

the attitude of regarding someone inferior

Unfathomable

impossible to understand

inversion

A reversal or transposition; turning someone upside down.

indigence

A state of extreme poverty.

unequivocally

Lacking any sort of ambiguity; straightforward and direct.

sublimate

To redirect one thing into another as in sublimating aggressive tendencies into sporting activities; usually conveying the sense of diluting the power of the thing being sublimated.

exult

A powerful expression of extremely joy or contentment.

mien

The outward demeanor or characteristic traits of someone.

cupidity

Avaricious greed; a selfish desire to acquire things.

attenuated

Reduced or diminished in a way conveying a lack of strength.

churlish

Rude and boorish behavior; extremely impolite.

barren

Empty; a wasteland.

repudiate

An open refusal to acknowledge the validity or value of something or someone.

edifice

A structure, usually implying a sense power and strength.

satiety

The sensation of being full and satisfied.

fastidious

An overwhelming attention to precision and detail.

degrade

To diminish the value or esteem of someone or something.

acute

Conveying a sense of extreme seriously and importance.

interlocutor

Someone taking part in a conversation; often conveying a sense of conversation as interrogation.

vivacious

Full of life; acting in an animated and spirited manner.

autocratic

Describing the type of extreme authority exercised by a tyrant or despot.

autonomous

An establishment and exercise of independence.

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