The Marriage Portrait Glossary

The Marriage Portrait Glossary

vociferously

Done loudly and emphatically.

palazzo

A large and impressive home.

sanctification

The process of bestowing holiness on something.

emissary

Someone charged with carrying out official business in the name of someone else.

sextant

A navigational device used for determining longitude and latitude.

perplexity

The state of being confused or bewildered.

myriad

Multiple examples of something that vary slightly from each other.

undulate

Moving in a wavelike fashion.

embellish

To decorate in an attempt to make something more attractive.

mettle

A vague sense of courage and determination.

entreating

Making a plea for someone to do something that they may not want to do.

febrile

Exhibiting a feverish or manic energy.

scything

The sense of cutting through anything.

minuscule

Extremely tiny.

discomposed

Having been thrown into a state of disorder.

acrimonious

In a state of angry disagreement.

putative

Accepted as being true without being based on factual support.

reproachful

An expression of a critical opinion toward another person.

disquiet

A sense of restlessness and uncertainty.

lugubrious

A gloomy and melancholic state.

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