Vocab words Day-16

[keerthi]

Hi friends,
Todays 5 words are.

2. 
   
   Clandestine:secret
   
   
3. 
   
   Narcism:Excessive self admiration
   
   
4. 
   
   Lotus-eater:Lazy person
   
   
5. 
   
   Adept:skillful
   
   
6. 
   
   Eulogy:Praise

Please post other possible meanings for these words,and secondary meanings .Altleast post one synonym and secondary meaning for each one

[Spoorthi]

Clandestine:

Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.



adj : conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"



SYN:cloak-and-dagger,hole-and-corner,hugger-mugger,hush-hush,on the quite(p),secret,surreptitious,undercover,underground.



Narcism:

1. Excessive love or admiration of oneself.
   
2. A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
3. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's
   own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an
   infantile stage of development.
4. The attribute of the human psyche charactized by admiration of oneself but within normal limits.
5. an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

SYN:conceit,self-love,narcissism.



Lotus-eater:

1. Lotus-eater One of a people described in the Odyssey who lived in a drugged, indolent state from feeding on the
   lotus.
2. A lazy person devoted to pleasure and luxury.
3. someone indifferent to the busy world; "in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence"

SYN:stargazer.



Adept:

1. Very skilled.
2. A
   highly skilled person; an expert: “The adepts in Washington mean to give rather than to take”
3. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in
   handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic";
   "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no
   less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful
   retouching"
4. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

SYN:expert,good,practised,proficient,skillful,skilful,ace,champion,sensation

maven,mavin,virtuoso,genius,hotshot,star,superstar,whiz,whizz,wizard,wiz.



Eulogy:

1. A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died.
2. High praise or commendation.
3. a formal expression of praise

SYN:encomium,panegyric,paean,pean.

[madhab]

1)clandestine::
Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
Ex- Clandestine marriage.
2)Narcism:
a)Excessive love or admiration of oneself.
b)A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.


3)Lotus eater-- A lazy person.


4)Adept-- Very skilled


5)Eulogy--encomium,panegyric,paean.

[sairamjanakiram]

gr8 work keerthi!! keep it up!!

[Roopa]

CLANDESTINE :

		cloak-and-dagger, covert, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet(p), secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground [adj] conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"