Egregious - Extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: It was an egregious mistake to wear jeans to the formal wedding.
Emblazon- 1. To depict, as in a escutcheon in heraldry 2. To decorate with brilliant colours: His emblazoned T-shirt got a mixed reaction. 3. To proclaim, celebrate or extol.
Entrench - 1. To place in a position of strength, establish firmly or solidly: There was entrenched religious division in the Province. 2. To build trenches for defensive purposes around oneself, a military position, etc.
Ethos - 1. The fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that forms the beliefs, customs or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period: In the Greek Ethos, the individual was highly valued. 2. The character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc: For creativity to flourish, it needs to be build into the whole-school ethos. 3. The moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than his or her thought or emotion.
Extol - To praise highly, laud; eulogize: During an election year, we should all extol the virtue of honesty.
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