- pseudepigrapha
- fecundity
- locus
- versification
- vignette
- citron
- ribbon
- mysticism
- garden - theme of regeneration and fertility
- stipple
- amber
- circuit
- aethereal
- green light
- glacier
- polemic - form of arguing
- pedagogy - the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept
- sophist - a person who reasons with clever but false arguments
- adroit - clever or skilful
- specious - superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive
- cupola
- minaret
- crescent
- intersection
- train
- censure - severe disapproval
- extort - obtain something by unfair means/force
- gregariousness - tending to associate with others of one's kind
- neurotic
- vernacular - the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region; architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings.
- sordid - involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt
- louche - disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way
- nihilistic - rejecting all religious and moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless
- implicit - suggested though not directly expressed; always to be found in; essentially connected with
- subaltern - a person holding a subordinate position; of lower rank
- liaison - communication or cooperation which facilitates a close working relationship between people or organizations
- typist
- potent
- epigraph - an inscription on a building, statue, or coin; a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme
- ennui
- pragmatism - a reasonable and logical way of doing things or of thinking about problems that is based on dealing with specific situations instead of on ideas and theories
- tryst - a private romantic rendezvous between lovers
- interlude - an intervening period of time; an interval
- strife
- conflate - combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one
- asceticism - severe self-discipline and avoiding of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons
- monotone
- didactic - intended for instruction; instructive; teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson
- didactics - the art or science of teaching
- facsimile - an exact copy, especially of written or printed material
- fascimiled - to make a copy of
- absurdity
- isolation
- resurrection
- external
- turbidity - not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured
- burning
- futility
- drowning
- creatures of the sea
- audible
- fear death by water
- axiom
- time is only a physical thing, not a fourth dimension
- tour-de-force - an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else
- epistemological - relating to the origins of knowledge, especially with regard to its limits
- contention - argument
- tacit - understood or implied without being stated
- veridic - truthful
- redoubtable - formidable
- dogmatic - inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true
- polemic
- atomistic - composed of simple elements
- cogency - the quality of being clear, logical and convincing
- impingement - impact
- partisan - strong supporter of a cause, person or party
- doctrinal - concerned with a doctrine or doctrines
- inhibition
- suprapolitical - beyond the limits of, outside of politics
- objective - not based on personal feelings and opinions
- subjective - influenced by personal feelings and opinions
- gradation - range or scale, a spectrum
- gamut - the complete range or scope of something; the gamut of human emotion
- civil - relating to otdinary citizens and their concerns instead of being concerned with political or ecclesiastical matters
- parallel and contrastive analysis
- et al - "and others"
- circumscribe - restrict something within limits
- stasis - a period or state of inactivity or equilibrium
- epochal - highly significant or important; momentous
- venceremos - we will overcome; we will win
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