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101luxuriate — (v.) 1620s, to indulge in luxury, from L. luxuriatus, pp. of luxuriare have to excess, figuratively run riot, be dissolute, indulge to excess, from luxuria excess, rankness, luxuriance (see LUXURY (Cf. luxury)). Related: Luxuriated; luxuriating …
102rancidness — rænsɪdnɪs n. rankness, decay, putrefaction, rottenness …
103luxuriant — [lʌg ʒʊərɪənt, lʌg zjʊə , lʌk sjʊə ] adjective 1》 (of vegetation) rich and profuse in growth. 2》 (of hair) thick and healthy. Derivatives luxuriance noun luxuriantly adverb Origin C16: from L. luxuriant …
104rancour — (US rancor) noun bitterness; resentment. Derivatives rancorous adjective rancorously adverb Origin ME: via OFr. from late L. rancor rankness (in the Vulgate bitter grudge ), related to L. rancidus stinking …
105rank — rank1 noun 1》 a position within a fixed hierarchy, especially that of the armed forces. 2》 high social standing. 3》 a single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast. ↘a regular row or line of things or people. 4》 (the ranks) (in… …
106exuberance — n. 1. Luxuriance, copiousness, abundance, plenitude, flood. 2. Superabundance, superfluity, redundance, redundancy, excess, overgrowth, rankness, overluxuriance, over abundance, wantonness, overflow, lavishness, profusion …
107rank — 1 noun 1 POSITION IN ARMY/ORGANIZATION (C, U) the position or level that someone holds in an organization, especially in the police or armed forces: promotion to the rank of General | high/senior/low/junior rank: Bates is very young to hold such… …
108aroma — odor, scent, *smell Analogous words: *fragrance, perfume, redolence, incense, bouquet: savor (see TASTE) Antonyms: stink, stench Contrasted words: stinkingness, rankness, malodorousness (see corresponding adjectives at MALODOROUS) …
109enormity — enormity, enormousness both mean the state or the quality of being enormous but are rarely interchangeable in modern usage. Enormity imputes an abnormal quality; it applies especially to the state of exceeding all bounds in wickedness or evil,… …
110abundance — n 1. plenty, plenitude, bounty, cornucopia, horn of plenty, endless supply, Scot. scouth or skouth, Scot, and North Eng. routh; amplitude, ampleness, fullness, plenteousness, plentifulness, bountifulness, copiousness; richness, exuberance,… …
