- obeisance:
- a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- deference or homage
- enema:
- the injection of liquid into the intestine by way of the anus (as for cleansingor examination)
- livid:
- enraged; furiously angry
- deathly pale; pallid; ashen
- reddish or flushed.
- audacity:
- boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
- effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness
- lucidity:
- characterized by clear perception or understanding; rational or sane
- clear; pellucid; transparent.
- complicity:
- the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing
- magisterial:
- of, pertaining to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence
- of or befitting a magistrate or the office of a magistrate
- imperious; domineering
- boatswains:
- a warrant officer on a warship, or a petty officer on a merchant vessel, in charge of rigging, anchors, cables, etc.
- corpulence:
- bulkiness or largeness of body; fatness; portliness.
- obesity
- ephemeral:
- lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
- lasting for 1 day
- "alchemy of poetry"
- canticles:
- one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
- a song, poem, or hymn esp. of praise.
- innocuous:
- not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive
- not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid
- not harmful or injurious; harmless
- convalescence:
- Gradual return to health and strength after illness.
- The period needed for returning to health after illness.
- languor:
- emotional softness or tenderness.
- physical weakness or faintness.
- lack of spirit or interest; listlessness; stagnation.
- lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
- banal:
- devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- commonplace
- "modus vivendi":
- manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
- a temporary arrangement between persons or parties pending a settlement of matters in debate.
- discursive:
- proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition.
- passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- running about
- chimera:
- a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy
- any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts, esp. as depicted in decorative art.
- (often initial capital letter) a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
- sangfroid:
- coolness of mind; calmness; composure
- salacious:
- Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious
- (of writings, pictures, etc.) obscene; grossly indecent
- mamihlapinatapai:
- noun • a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.
- tenuous:
- very weak or slight
- very slender or fine; insubstantial
- pharaonic:
- enormous in size or magnitude
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Egyptian pharaohs
- intransigence:
- uncompromising
- refusal to abandon an extreme position or attitude
- lanceolate:
- shaped like a lance head
- specifically tapering to a point at the apex and sometimes at the base
- crepuscular:
- of, relating to, or resembling twilight
- occurring or active during twilight
- saudade
- "the love that remains"
- "vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist ... a turning towards the past or towards the future"
- "a somewhat melancholic feeling of incompleteness"
- paroxysm:
- a sudden violent emotion or action; outburst
- incorporeal:
- not corporeal : having no material body or form
- amorphous:
- having no definite form
- being without definite character or nature
- lacking organization or unity
- temporal:
- of or relating to time as opposed to eternity
- enduring for a time only; temporary; transitory
- pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly
- quadruped:
- an animal having four feet
- concupiscence:
- selfish human desire for an object, person, or experience
- strong desire; especially : sexual desire
- to desire ardently
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