Brazil Glossary

Brazil Glossary

Heckle

Jeer, Taunt, Harass (Verb).

Retrieval

Recovering, Redemption (Noun).

Restitution

Restoration, Replacement, Surrender (Noun).

Elicit

Obtain, Extract, Evoke (Verb).

Stipulated

Specified, Set down (Adjective).

Liable

Answerable, Responsible, Accountable (Adjective).

Decimate

Destroy, Slaughter (Verb).

Marvellous

Wonderful, Astounding, Awesome (Adjective).

Expedite

Hurry, Hasten, Precipitate (Verb).

Eliminate

Remove, Get rid of something (Verb).

Flaccid

Flabby, Slack (Adjective).

Rembrandt

A noted seventeenth-century Dutch painter.

Murderous

Ferocious, Vicious, Brutal (Adjective).

Scrupulous

Careful, Meticulous (Adjective).

Ferocity

Savagery, Brutality (Noun).

Malevolent

Hostile, Malicious (Adjective).

Rigid

Inflexible, Unbending, Stiff (Adjective).

Unsavoury

Distasteful, Disagreeable (Adjective).

Verminous

Infested with vermin (Adjective).

Surreptitiously

Secretively, Clandestinely (Adverb).

Pandemonium

A tumultuous place. In Milton’s Paradise Lost, Pandemonium was the name of the place built in the hell by Satan. Literally, the word means, the place of all demons.

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