- adumbrate / to foreshadow vaguely; overshadow; obscure
- amanuensis / a literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts
- caliginous / misty; dim; dark
- concomitant / naturally accompanying or associated
- conurbation / an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
- desiderate / to entertain or express a wish to have or attain
- eremite / a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow
- exculpate / to clear from alleged fault or guilt
- execrate / to declare to be evil or detestable
- folderol / mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas
- ineluctable / incapable of being evaded; inescapable
- laconic / using few words; expressing much in few words; concise
- marcescent / (of a leaf or frond) withering but remaining attached to the stem
- mendacious / given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
- moiety / an indefinite portion, part, or share
- moribund / being in the state of dying; approaching death
- myrmidon / a person who executes without question or scruple a master's commands
- orison / a prayer
- palimpsest / a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing
- penumbra / a shadowy, indefinite, or marginal area
- peregrination / to travel especially on foot
- perquisite / something demanded or due as a particular privilege
- perspicacious / having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning
- plenipotentiary / invested with full power
- prestidigitation / conjuring tricks performed as entertainment, sleight of hand
- prodromic / a symptom or sign that precedes the start of a disease and gives early warning
- propinquity / nearness of relation (kinship); nearness of place (proximity)
- propitiation / to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate
- proselytise / convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another
- prosody / the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language
- psithurism / a rustling or whispering sound, such as leaves in the wind
- pusillanimous / lacking courage and resolution; marked by contemptible timidity
- ratiocination / the process of exact thinking; reasoning
- rutilant / glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light, having a reddish glow
- sangfroid / self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain
- sangfroid / self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain; calmness; composure
- stochastic / having a random probability distribution or pattern that may be analysed statistically but may not be predicted precisely
- syncretism / the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion
- threnody / a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; elegy; funeral song
- tractable / easily handled, managed, or wrought
- vagary / an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
- vicissitude / a fluctuation of state or condition; mutability
- vituperative / uttering or given to censure; containing or characterized by verbal abuse
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