Pastiche: literary patchwork, hodgepodge, collision of genres used to create a new item
Sequester: to relegate to a small space, to cause to withdraw into seclusion
Hypothesis: proposition set forth as an explanation to specific phenomena, speculation
Eucrasia: a normal state of health, physical well-being
Meridian: of or at noon, imaginary line that extends form the North to South poles
Palanquin: covered litter carried on poles on the shoulders of four or more bearers
Acumen: quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight, wisdom, savvy
Saboteur: person who commits or practices sabotage, deliberate damager of something
Replica: copy or reproduction of a work of art, especially one made by the original artist
Coterie: tightly-knit group of persons having a common purpose or interest, cadre, clique
Boulevard: broad street, avenue, broad spectrum of something
Ambivalence: simultaneous, conflicted feelings towards a thing, person, etc
Thionine: artificial red or violet dyestuff, usually for microscopic stains
Pyramid: figure with a polygonal base and triangular facets that meet at a common point
Matriculate: to become admitted to membership in a body, society, or institution
Heteroscedastic: pertaining to a sequence of random variables
Pyrexia: elevation of body temperature to an abnormal level, fever
Veracity: truth, state of being true, trueness
Deliquesce: to dissolve, transform into liquid from a solid
Seizure: act, condition, or instance of seizing or being seized, fit, spasm, convulsion
Isthmus: narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land
Nullifidian: a person having no faith, religion, convictions, or beliefs
Brecciate: to form rock into breccia(rocks made of sharp fragments set in a grainy matrix)
Quaalude: tablet or capsule of methaqualone
Melancholia: depression, severe depression, melancholy, gloominess
Platonic: not involving sexual relations, involving friendship, affection
Sacrosanct: regarded as sacred and inviolable, immune to criticism or violation
Expulsion: act of expelling or state of being expelled, act of being forced or driven out
Nostalgia: bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past
Parvenu: noveau-riche, person risen to new status, but lacks the social skills necessary
Hegemony: predominant influence, dominance, supremacy, preeminence
Extricate: to release from an entanglement or difficulty, disengage, unravel
Perpetuity: the quality or condition of being perpetual, ceaseless, or continual
Cataract: large or tall waterfall, a deluge, opacity of the lens or capsule of the eye
Vindicate: clear from an accusation, imputation, or suspicion, justify, defend, avenge
Demiurge: something conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power
Protuberance: something, such as a bulge, knob, or swelling that protrudes
Ossuary: place, container or receptacle for holding the bones of the dead
Esurient: hungry, greedy, hedonistic in pursuit of things
Sternocostal: of, relating to, pertaining to both, or situated between the sternum and ribs
Concrescence: growing together of related parts, the amassing of physical particles
Retrogress: regress, to get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Equipoise: equal distribution of weight or balance, balanced
Zelatrix: older nun in charge of disciplining younger nuns, female zelator
Fatigue: weariness from work or exertion, military apparel, physical enfeeblement
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian.
Gesundheit, confrere. Wait, don't tell me. You die at the end? That'd be a heckuva ending. The humor I like, so we're now internet blog-acquaintances, which is pretty much the fifth-highest echelon of quantifiable friendship. Nice esprit, really reaching for the synesthesia bit, huh? The self-depreciation is where it's at, though Beck would disagree.
ReplyDeleteSpoiler Alert: I DO die in the end. My immortality decreases as I write this.
ReplyDeleteIt's that damned entropy, you can't be immortal in a closed system. Limited immortality is just so depressing. I'm upset you stole my literary ending, that's how I wanted my autobiography to end.
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