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humbleness



hum·ble

(hŭm′bəl)adj. hum·bler, hum·blest

1. Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.
2. Showing deferential or submissive respect: a humble apology.
3. Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly: a humble cottage.

tr.v. hum·bled, hum·bling, hum·bles1. To cause to feel humble: "He was humbled by the lack of consolation in Kornblum'sexpression" (Michael Chabon).
2. To cause to have a lower condition or status; abase.


 
abstruse

hard to understand; recondite; esoteric:

a much more interesting thing to accuse a person of being than 'obtuse'
 
drunk 3rd world

  • the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
    "levels of literacy have risen in the Third World"



 
Trust

Noun
(1) Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.
relations have to be built on trust

(2) This word is very required and desired by someone in real life, but not as easy as in say and do.
 
strenuous


1.characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.:a strenuous afternoon of hunting.


2.demanding or requiring vigorous exertion; laborious:To think deeply is a strenuous task.


3.vigorous, energetic, or zealously active:a strenuous person; a strenuous intellect.



 
Much obliged

As in thank you. A common phrase in Portuguese and in maybe in other languages.
Certainly unusual in English, except maybe for some old-fashioned western movies.
 
fastidious

adjective

1.excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.


2.requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.


 
The word that would better describe this day for me would be conformist people, moments and me at times.

[h=1]conformist[/h]A conformist is a person who follows traditional standards of conduct. If you're a conformist, it's unlikely you'll join a revolution to overthrow your government; instead you'll argue that it's best to keep things the way they are.


 
^ Interesting word for some people in politics .. at least some of them.

Recherché

adjective

1.sought out with care.

2.very rare, exotic, or choice; arcane; obscure.

3.of studied refinement or elegance; precious; affected; pretentious.


 
Saudade

Saudade was once described as "the love that remains" after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone (e.g., one's children, parents, sibling, grandparents, friends, pets) or something (e.g., places, things one used to do in childhood, or other activities performed in the past) that should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. It brings sad and happy feelings altogether, sadness for missing and happiness for having experienced the feeling.
 
affray

noun

1.a public fight; a noisy quarrel; brawl.

2.Law. the fighting of two or more persons in a public place.

verb (used with object)

3.Archaic. to frighten.


 
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