advanced-words-from-elantris.md

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2021-01-17T10:31	natural lang/advanced english words

Advanced words from Elantris

This page is created is true subjective spirit. These are words I stumbled upon while reading Elantris by Sanderson, B.¹, that I've either seen used here and there but never looked up their definition, or words that are totally new to me. Dislike me all you want for not knowing some of these words if you consider them "basic AF", but you should know better than to punch downwards ;)

I began this practice of writing these down since page 44. Current highest page is 75.

Word	Description	Swedish2	Page3
Adolescense	Phase of growing up (usually referring to teenage years)	Uppväxt, ungdom	47
Anointed	Form of religious dubbing	Smord [med olja] i religionsk sed, form av dubbning	57
Apostate	Someone who has kept themselves away from their [main] religion	Någon som unanhålligt sig från sin religion. Avfälling	54
Apprehensive	Feeling of guilt or at unease	Ängslig	48
Ardor	String will, enthusiasm, fanatic	Glöd, iver (fanatiskt)	56
Asphyxiated	To suffocate, to out of oxygen	Bli kvävd	74
Awning	Small cloth overhang that keeps away sun and rain, usually found outside cafés	Markis	65
Bachelor	Unmarried, never been married, does not fancy getting married	"Dejtare", ogift	74
Baron	Lower/lowest nobel rank	Friherre, lägre rank av adel	67
Billowing	Bending natuarally by air, such as clouds or heavy flags	Böljande [av luft]	51
Blather	Talk without sensible goal. A monologue you cannot cite as you were not listening.	Pladdra	51
Blosphemer	Person who commits blasphemies	Person som hädar	72
Chortle	Happy and soundly laughter	Skrockande skratt, ljudfullt glatt skratt	74
Complancency	Feeling comtentment/satisfied of yourself, bragging	Självbelåtenhet, skrytsam	53
Contentment	Feelinging of satisfaction, happiness	Belåtenhet	53
Courtier	(Court-ier) Person who visits courts. Finer class.	Hovman	73
Cursty	A polite womans bow where you kneel while you hold up your dress, or gesture as if you had one.	Buga	44
Decorum	Formal behavior, high class	Artighet, väl betedd	44
Desensitized	Degraded, [emotions/feelings] watered out	Mildas ner, göras okänslig	67
Diligent	Professionalism, taking a job/task very seriously, no room for even slight shenaginans	Samvetsgrannhet, flitig, ta arbetet mycket seriöst	58
Discrepancy	Something abnormal, unplanned	Avvikelse	72
Distraught	Lost in thoughts due disturbing distractions.	Upphörd, distraherad	46
Doctrin	Teachings, knowledge base (often for religion/politics)	Läran (oftast religion/politik)	56
Drivel	Task nonsense	Skitsnack	73
Erosion	Falling apart (as mountains due to rain, or as flesh due to decay)	Progressivt falla isär, töa bort	64
Extravagant	Object of high value (with resources/money spent without limits)	Värdefullt, tycks köpts utan prisgräns	74
Fervor	Strong will, enthusiasm, love for their craft	Glöd, iver (hängivet)	55
Flagrancy	Rudeness/uncaringly/shameless [behavior]	Fräckhet/ohygglighet/skamlöshet [betéende]	55
Flitted	Skip onwards [from subject to subject, from place to place]	Skutta vidare, swisha förbi	45
Forestall	Prevent something	Förebygga, hindra	73
Fratenize	Unallowed/Tabu building of friendship	Otillåten bildning av vänskap. Borderskap	52
Handkerchief	Small cloth used to wipe your nose	Näsduk	51
Harkened	Carefully listening, full attention	Lyssna uppmärksamt	57
Heathens	[Category of people] Of other (less known) religion	[Folkgrupp] Av annan (mindre känd) religion	52
Heed	Make note of, put attention to	Uppmärksamma	58
Heresy	Belif or culture that goes against the religion	[Åsikt, kultur, betéende] går emot religionen	50
Horrid	(Variant of horrible) Something distugstingly bad	Hämsk	45
Huddle	Crawl up into a small ball, organize into a small pile	Kura ihop	53
Lanky	Long and thin. (Usually as degrading comment on one humans body)	Gänglig, lång & smal	47
Laxness	[Negatively/Too] Relaxed. To a degree of clumpsy and uncaring	Nonchalant	56
Ledger	(Usually financial-related) Collection [of books or recipts]	"Kvittobok", financiell samling	71
Legible	(Handwritten) readable [text]	(Handskriven) läsbar [text]	69
Lenient	Mild, gentle, no strong actions of revenge or punishment	Mild, skonsam	54
Loathing	Disdain, contempt, hatred	Föraktelse, avsky	55
Meandering	Traversing without a straight directions. Rivers meander when they curve. A [human] speaker meanders when they talk without a goal.	"Glida runt utan mål"	45
Milled around	[Collection of people] Spread around, interacting with no particular order.	[Folkmassa] Sprids runt	51
Milled	Action of being milled down [to particles]	Malen [till partiklar]	51
Miserly	Keeping things to yourself (in a rude fashion), not wasteful	Girig, sparsam	70
Monastery	Church of monks	Kloster	49
Morose	Dark mood, bad feeling	Dyster, dåligt humör	75
Omened	(Variant of omen) An event that is interpreted as a prophesy/prognosis that something good or bad will be of outcome. Foreshadowing event.	Varsla (varsel) från en händelse.	46
Orthodox	Normal [opinions/traditions] (usually regarding religion or philosophy)	Normal [åsikt/tradition/vana] (vanligtvis om religion eller filosofi)	72
Penitent	Feeling full of regret	Ångerfull	53
Pivotal	Of great importance. Has great impact.	Viktigt. Med stort inflytande.	52
Pleasantries	Pleasant actions, friendly/cheerful comments	Nöjessamma utallanden	51
Prattle	Task without thinking about consequence	Tjatter, "inkonsekvent prat"	71
Prominent	Famous, important, idol	Känd, viktig, framträdande	72
Pudgy	Fat, thick, big belly. (Usually a degrading comment on one humans body)	Knubbig	51
Quaver	Shaky [voice]	Darra [-nde röst]	73
Rascal	Someone who pulls pranks	Rackare, busare	74
Rasped	To rasp [with a file]; Speak with a grainy voice	Raspa [med en fil]; Tal med raspig röst	74
Reacquaint	(Re-acquaint) Return to a former known knowledge/possession/state	Återkomma till tidigare kännedom/ägodel/tillvaro	53
Regal	Nobel (good) behavior, character trait of a monarch	Kungligt betéende	74
Rending	Breaking into smaller pieces, shredding	Brytning [isär]	58
Resignation	Getting fired [from a job]; Acceptance of something unwanted	Avsked; Acceptans av något oönskvärt	72
Scowl	Face expression where the forehead is contracted and reveals wrinkles	(Grimas) Rynkad panna	70
Shuddered	[Body] shaking (due to unpleasant feeling)	Skaka [av negativ känsla/tankar]	73
Sovereign	Supreme/very good [monarch]	Suverän [monark]	72
Spurned	Rejected with disdain/contempt	Avvisad/nekad med förakt	55
Squabbel	Argue/fight over something minor	Bråk/gräl över småsak	70
Stalwart	Loyal	Lojal, trogen	58
Subservient	Regard yourself as less than someone/something. Fall under their command.	Betrakta sig sämre än någon annan/något annat. Kasta sig under någon deras befäl. Underdånlig	52
Subsided	Sank in level (a rock can subside in water / happiness can subside after hearing bad news)	Sjönk [i nivå]	49
Tapestry	Wall decorations, usually made by cloth	Tapet, "tyg tavla"	51
Tempest	Storm of magnitude, unpleasant weather	Storm, oväder	64
Tentatively	Uncertain future plan.	Prelininärt	44
Toiled	Work long and hard	Jobba länge och hårt	73
Torrent	Steady flow/stream	Fors	46
Unseemly	Unfitting [of actions taken / to be taken]	Opassande [agerat]	49
Veritable	(Exaggeration word) Real, authentic	(Förstärkningsord) Äkta, authentisk, veritabel	55
Voraciously	Extreme hunger, will to obtain/devour	Glupskt, omättligt	54
Wheeze	A quiet whissling-esque/windy sound [when speaking]	Väsande [röst]	74
Zealot	Fanatic character	Fanatiker	55

Footnotes

1. Sanderson, B. (2016). Elantris (Revised definitive tenth anniversary edition). Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC 2005. ↩

2. My native tongue is Swedish, and so it helps me remarkably well to force myself to define them in two languages as it leads me to much better understand their meanings. ↩

3. The "Page" column refers to the page where I first found the word. It does not strictly mean that is the words first appearance, nor that the word only appears on said page. ↩