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- acoustic - english. relating to sound or the sense of hearing.
- agridoce - portuguese. acid and sweet at the same time; that causes pleasure mixed with bitterness.
- alpenglow - english. the rosy light of the setting or rising sun seen on high mountains.
- amaranthine - english. unfading; everlasting.
- amor - portuguese. feeling of liking a lot another person or thing, to want the person or thing to be fine.
- anagapesis - english. the feeling when one no longer loves someone they once did.
- asterism - english. group of stars, a constellation.
- aubade - english. a love song which is sung at dawn.
- brevity - english. the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness.
- cafuné - portuguese. petting the head of someone to make their sleep, relax or contemplate.
- campaneiro - postuguese. ringer.
- clandestine - english. kept secret or done secretively, esp. because illicit.
- cognome- english. any name, especially a nickname.
- dusk - english. the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight; partial darkness; shade; gloom.
- empathy - english. the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
- emulação - portuguese. sentimento que leva o indivíduo a tentar igualar-se a ou superar outrem.
- encephalon - english. the brain.
- endemic - english. natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous.
- ersatz - english. an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute.
- fire back - english. to quickly react to something that has been said or done.
- fuliginous - englsih. sooty; smoky; of the color of soot, as dark gray, dull brown, black, etc.
- hibernian - english. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or its inhabitants; Irish.
- hitherto - english. up to this time; until now.
- hoi polloi - greek. the common people; the masses (often preceded by the). It was borrowed from Greek, where it translates literally as "the many".
- intrasigent - english. refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.
- joie de vivre - french. a delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living.
- karma - hinduism, buddhism. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation.
- lívido - portuguese. extremely pale
- lovable - english. of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- lua - portuguese. natural satellite of the Earth, which stands out in the night sky; strange and capricious behavior; bad mood.
- lunacy - english. insanity; insanity with brief moments of sanity.
- masquerade - english. festive gathering characterized by participants wearing masks
- mel - portuguese. something sweet, delicious, or delightful.
- memento - english. anything serving as a reminder or warning.
- miche - british dialect. to lurk out of sight.
- morning - english. the beginning of day; dawn.
- orrery- english. an apparatus for representing the positions, motions, and phases of the planets, satellites, etc., in the solar system.
- pecuniary - english. of or relating to money; (of a crime, violation, etc.) involving a money penalty or fine.
- perpetual - english. continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- priceless - english. delightfully amusing or absurd.
- psittacism - english. mechanical, repetitive, and meaningless speech.
- relva - portuguese. creeping thin layer of grass which develops the field.
- renascent - english. being reborn; springing again into being or vigor
- saudade - portuguese. a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent.
- smithereens - english. small pieces; bits.
- somaticize - english. to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- sophrosyne - english. moderation; discretion; prudence.
- succumb - english. fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).
- sugar - english. an affectionate or familiar term of address, as to a child or a romantic partner (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- susceptible - english. subject to some influence.
- susurrous - english. whispering or rustling sounds.
- terraqueous - latin. consisting of land and water, as the earth.
- tessellate english. form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern.
- tohubohu - hebrew. chaos; disorder; confusion.
- uai - portuguese. expresses amazement, astonishment, surprise, admiration fright or impatience.
- vacivity - english. emptiness.
- valetudirian english. a person who is excessively concerned about his or her poor health or ailments.
- vernissage - english. a reception at a gallery for an artist whose show is about to open to the public.
- vespertine - english. of, relating to, occurring, or active in the evening.
- wad - english. a small mass, lump, or ball of anything.
- wafflestompers - english. ankle boots with ridged soles, used especially for hiking.
- wallflower - english. a person who, because of shyness, unpopularity, or lack of a partner, remains at the side at a party or dance.
- wan - english. pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.
- wanweird - english. an unhappy fate.
- whimsical - english. playfully quaint or fanciful, esp. in an appealing and amusing way.
- wold - english. an elevated tract of open country.
- word - english. a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.
- wordmonger - english. a writer or speaker who uses words pretentiously or with careless disregard for meaning.
- yearling - english. an animal (esp. a sheep, calf, or foal) a year old, or in its second year.
- yearning - english. have an intense feeling of loss or lack and longing for something.
- zenith - english. the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer; a highest point or state; culmination.
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