EBULLIENT

ebullient:

- high-spirited; overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement
- boiling, agitated
- bubbling up like a boiling liquid

Example: Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev attended a session of the Supreme Soviet on Monday and appeared ebullient after last week's victory at a meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee. [Reference: Los Angeles Times, Gorbachev Appears Ebullient at Meeting, June 30, 1987]

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DACOIT

dacoit: bandit

Note: The word "dacoity" means a criminal activity involving robbery by groups of armed bandits.

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CABAL

cabal:

- a political coterie or a group secretly united in a plot
- group; club

Example: But though the pattern is clear — anti-McCain stories are much more likely to be buried — identifying who's responsible is more difficult. The majority of a Digg's user's actions on the site — including which stories they submitted, voted for, and commented on — are archived and publicly viewable. But information about who buries stories is invisible. Any 'Bury Brigade,' whether it's a formally organized cabal or a group of like-minded, independent activists, cannot be detected by publicly available means. [Reference: Los Angeles Times, Digg Bury Brigade: 28 negative McCain stories buried in 30 days 09:23 AM PT, Aug 11 2008]

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BÉTON

béton: concrete (a composite construction material composed of cement, gravel, etc.)

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