grandiloquent [ gran-DIL-uh’-kwuh’nt ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
pompous, histrionic or extravagantly colourful
mirage [ mi-RAHZH ]
[noun]
MEANING:
- an optical illusion
- an illusory phenomenon usually in the desert or at sea
resurrect [ rez-uh’-REKT ]
[intransitive verb,transitive verb]
MEANING:
- (tr. v.) to raise from the dead or bring back to life
- (tr. v.) to bring back into use
- (intr. v.) to rise from the dead or spring back to life
autocratic [ aw-tuh’-KRAT-ik ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
- pertaining to or having absolute power
- despotic or like a person who has unlimited power
ingrained [ in-GREYND, IN-greynd ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
- deep-rooted or firmly established
- implanted or firmly fixed
- made of fiber or yarn dyed before weaving