shale:

• soft, finely stratified sedimentary rock that formed from consolidated mud or clay and can be split easily into fragile slabs.

metempsychosis:

• the supposed transmigration at death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species.

inveterate:

• having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.

tautology

• the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one ...