Gratin is a cooking process used to brown the top of a food. It is taking a food to the oven, preheated, so that the top layer is superficially toasted. Gratin is a verb...
Aegis means protection, protection, defense. If an act was performed under someone's aegis, it means that it was performed under the protection and with full support. In the legal field, aegis is the protection of...
o.o is an emoticon often used on social networks or in chats that means amazement, surprise. It can also be used by someone who is scared or confused. A similar emoticon is O_O, and it has the same...
Monastery is a sumptuous building, where members of religious orders live in community. Monastery was the place where the monks retired from the mundane life and lived as hermits, in a regime of...
Monetizing is turning something into money, making it profitable, making any good or service profitable. Monetize is a transitive verb, which means to coin. The word comes from the French monétiser...
Eradicate means to uproot, uproot. In the figurative sense, it means to eliminate, to cause the disappearance, to make it end completely, to destroy in totality. Eradicate a pest in...
Haughty eyes is an expression that means haughtiness, being the particularity of an arrogant person. "Haughty eyes" is synonymous with "proud eyes", and is one of the seven characteristics that God abhors,...
Ikebana is the art of assembling flower arrangements, based on pre-established rules and symbolism. Ikebana is a Japanese term meaning live flowers. Ikebana, or kado, are usually floral arrangements...
Tchonga is a masculine and feminine noun and adjective in the Portuguese language and means silly, goofy, dumb, slow. This is the case of a pejorative term, used to describe a silly, apathetic person,...
Hadassah is the English version of the Hebrew name Hadassah, and means "myrtle" or "myrtle" in Portuguese. Hadassa is also the name of the biblical character Esther, whose name is also one of the books of the ancient...
Ulterior is an adjective masculine and feminine in the Portuguese language, used to describe something that is situated beyond, that occupies the next place in a series, that arrives or happens later. Further derives from...
Violence means intentionally and excessively using aggressiveness to threaten or commit an act that results in an accident, death or psychological trauma. Violence manifests itself in several...
Civil society is an expression that indicates the set of civic organizations and institutions that constitute the foundations of a functioning society, as opposed to structures that...
Turnover is an English term meaning "turnover"; " renovation "; " rollback " being used in different contexts. It is a concept frequently used in the area of Human Resources...
Sect is a term that derives from the Latin "sect" whose meaning is follower. The term is used to designate a large group of a particular religious, philosophical or political current that stands out...