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tipsy boast dashing endow heiress

tipsy

tip‧sy /ˈtɪpsi/ adjective informal

slightly drunk

--tipsily adverb --tipsiness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.

boast

/bəʊst $ boʊst/verb

  1. [intransitive and transitive] to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions:
    • 'I wouldn't be afraid,' she boasted.
    • boast that
      • Amy boasted that her son was a genius.
    • boast about
      • He's boasting about how much money he has made
    • boast of
      • The company is inclined to boast of its success.
  2. [transitive not in progressive] if a place, object, or organization boasts something, it has something that is very good:
    • The city boasts two excellent museums.
    • THe Society boasts 3000 members worldwide.

-[boaster] noun [countable]

dashing

dash·ing /ˈdæʃɪŋ/adjective

a man who is dashing wears nice clothes and is very attractive and confident:

  • a dashing young doctor

endow

/ɪnˈdaʊ/ verb [transitive]

to give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that provides it with an income

endow somebody/something with something phrasal verb formal

  1. to make someone or something have a particular quality, or to believe that they have it:
    • Her resistance to the Nationalists endowed her with legendary status
  2. be endowed with something to naturally have a good feature or quality:
    1. She was endowed with good looks
  3. to give someone something

heiress

/ˈeərəs, ˈeərɪs, ˈeəres $ ˈer-/ noun [countable]

a woman who will receive or has received a lot of money or property after the death of an older member of her family

Reference

  • Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English