| Term | Definition |
|---|
| remembrance | act of remembering, recollection |
| memorial | sth that is erected to commemorate |
| reminder | sth to make one remember |
| winning streak | period of continuing success |
| unruly | difficult to control |
| brash | confident in a rude way; impudently self-assertive |
| strident | loud and harsh |
| insatiable | cannot be satisfied |
| alluring | tempting, enticing |
| self-effacing | modest |
| mute | cannot speak |
| nondescript | without any distinctive features |
| envisage | imagine |
| conducive to | allowing for sth to happen |
| assault | attack |
| curtsey | what ladies do in front of a queen |
| augment | make bigger physically |
| transfix | mesmerise |
| avengeance | instance of taking revenge |
| disconcerting | upsetting or embarrassing |
| render (sth sth) | - to give something such as a service, a personal opinion or expression, or a performance of a song or poem, etc. to people; to cause someone or something to be in a particular state |
| prowl | move quietly in search of prey |
| pop the question | propose to |
| superfluous | not needed, not necessary |
| surplus | what remains after you've used something |
| strand | piece of land close to water |
| snippet of information | a piece of information |
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