The Lady or the Tiger Flashcards
Barbaric
adjective
savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal.
“he had carried out barbaric acts in the name of war”
Synonym: cruel, brutal, barbarous, brutish, bestial, savage.
Emanate
verb
(of something abstract but perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source).
“warmth emanated from the fireplace”
Synonym: emerge, flow, pour, proceed
Epithalamic
adjective
A song or poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom
Imperious
adjective
Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering.
“his imperious demands”
Synonym: peremptory, high-handed, commanding, imperial, overbearing
Untrammeled
adjective
Not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
“a mind untrammeled by convention”