Words, Words, Wonderful Words
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Apologia
Bimble
Callipygian
cerulean
conniption (always used with fit, as in 'she pitched a conniption fit')
Denouement
Epiphany
Hornswoggle
Substantive
imbroglio quotidian : occurring everyday
Quietus
Diaphanous
Diphthong
haruspex, a religious official who interpreted omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals.
Insouciance
loblolly
omphalos
paludal immanentize the eschaton
Susquehanna
zopissa
Palimpsest
Petrichor
Saudade
Wafting
hiraeth
Pithy
apoptosis: as when petals fall from a flower.
Vellichor
bumptious dolt
Schadenfreude
eudaimonia
Nicodemite
dispositive: A fact or point of law which brings about the settlement of a contested issue.
anodyne: not likely to provoke dissent or offense
Sentience is the capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively. chutzpa
Will-o'-the-wisp
Petrichor: fresh rain smell
jejune: naive, simplistic, and superficial.
sui generis: in a class by itself
Analogical v. analytical thinking
mendacity
Shibboleth
ineluctable Reification is a complex idea for when you treat something immaterial—like happiness, fear, or evil—as a material thing.
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