Example: Bender, 'The Significance of Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism', p.14 The Anabaptists were comprised of those who were considered 'people with ideals, good intentions, commitment and a readiness for martyrdom, but also powerless people, temporisers, failures, CANTANKEROUS and obstinate people."
en: Arisco
Gleaming
Adjective
Reflecting light, typically because very clean or polished.
Example: From his august head, cunning Zeus himself gave birth to her (Athena), born in warlike armour of GLEAMING gold"
en: Reluciente
Hamlet
Noun
Small settlement, generally one smaller than a village, and strictly one without a church.
Example: Over 2,000 families were then living on small farms and in HAMLETS throughout the surrounding land.
en: Aldea
Hirsute
Adjective
Hairy
Example: The hirsute teenager was warned that he would be expelled from school if he did not take a haircut and pay attention to his grooming.
en: Hairsuto
Languished
Verb
Lose or lack vitality
Example: The brotherhood appears to have languished in obscurity during the republic,
en: languidecido
Parish
Noun
A small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor.
Example: This method requires both baptism and marriage to have taken place in the same PARISH and assumes out-migration rates are low.
en: Parroquia
Perch
Noun
An object on which a bird alights or roosts, typically a branch or horizontal bar
Example: Cats have a natural need to climb, scratch and perch in high areas
en: Perca
Remit
Noun
The task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual organization.
Example: He denied the pope ability to forgive sins, 'The pope cannot REMIT any guilt, except by declaring that it has been REMITted by God'.
en: Remitir
scorn
Verb
Feel or express contempt or disdain for
Example: One last extract from the Wisdom Literature comes from the Instruction of Ankhsheshonq which is not a strong allusion to magic but it may be subtly connected; 'Do not SCORN a remedy that you can use' .
en: Desprecio
Shaft
Noun
A long narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar
Example: It was a SHAFT-type cantilever, which was clamped to a frame at one end, with the other end left free to be twisted under a torque.
en: eje
Slink
Verb
Move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, in a stealthy or sensuous manner
Example: When he sees his opponent, he feels fear, but he knows that he cannot "turn tail and SLINK back among his men", because, if he turns away from the fight, his men will lose hope.
en: Escabullirse
Tell-tale
Adjective
Revealing, indicating or betraying something
Example: What is interesting about this opposition of how change can be used is recognised by Ovid himself in Book II, with the story of the crow; she herself tells how she was pitied by Pallas and turned into a bird to escape the blandishments of the Sea god, and then banished from the goddess' sight for being a TELL-TALE
en: indicador
Thicket
Noun
Dense group of bushes or trees
Example: Moving through the dense thicket, the explorers could barely see through the trees.
en: Matorral
Treacle
Noun
A thick strictly dark syrup made from partly refined sugar
Example: She had a teacle-black honey.
en: Melaza
Vantage
Noun
Place or position affording a good view of something.
Example: If the cause be side-lined and the nature of activities alone be considered, it is indeed; thus the hypocrisy of the US, and its habit of formulating definitions and rules from its own VANTAGE point.
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