1) fey : look of mystery, unworldliness or as if the person has some super power
Sentence : instead of calling her mother crazy she insisted on calling her fey or colorful. ( 44 charles street, Daniel steel novel )
2) effusion: unrestrained expression of emotion
verb: effuse
when mum cooks, our comments have to be effusion of praise alone !
3) sorrel : reddish brown horse, chestnut color
a very weird word which can denote
a) reddish brown horse
b) reddish brown color
( so the horse can be called sorrel and the ridding shoes can be described as sorrel )
c) a plant with sour juice can be called sorrel
4) oenophile : one who loves and appreciates wines
oenophiles see the wine, appreciate the color, smell, take a snif, then a sip then swish it around in mouth to take in the texture. finally when they get all the info they swallow it. It is fine wine for them , always.
Winos on other hand can have cheap wine , they might as well gulp it down
5) abstruse : difficult to penetrate or understand
Ayn Rand novel are known to be abstruse.
6) prostrate : overcome, rendered helpless or defenseless , life face down unable to move
the slaves prostrated before the king

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