• alamort (adj) being at the point of death
  • brontide (n) a muffled sound like distant thunder
  • debellator (n) conqueror, subduer
  • gorgonize (verb) to have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect
  • hamartia (n) tragic flaw
  • hapax legomenon (n) a term of which only one instance of use is recorded
  • koi no yokan (n) the feeling upon first meeting someone that you will inevitably fall in love with them
  • orphic (adj) mystic and oracular; fascinating and entrancing
  • saudade (n) profound nostalgia and melancholy regarding something that has been lost and can never be had again
  • selcouth (adj) unusual, strange
  • velleity (n) the lowest degree of volition; a slight wish or tendency; inclination, whim, insignificant impulse
  • virago (n) a woman of great stature, strength, and courage; a loud overbearing woman
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