- aberrant ‧ (adj.) not conforming to an accepted or usual standard.
- adroit ‧ (adj.) clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.
- chthonic ‧ (adj.) concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld.
- dioscuri ✧ ‧ (n.) the twins Castor and Pollux reunited as stars in the sky by Zeus after Castor's death and regarded as patrons of athletes and sailors.
- diptych
- (n.) a painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book.
- (n.) an ancient writing tablet consisting of two hinged leaves with waxed inner sides.
- disquisition ‧ (n.) a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject; discourse.
- entelechy ✧
- (n.) the realization of potential
- (n.) the soul.
- farcical ‧ (adj.) relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects.
- forlorn ‧ (adj.) pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
- gowdy ‧ (adj.) (of a person or their clothes) unfashionable and without style in appearance (typically used of a woman).
- gumption ‧ (n.) shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness.
- imprimatur ‧ (n.) sanction, approval; imprint; a mark of approval or distinction.
- lacuna ‧ (n.) [plural: lacunae] a blank space or a missing part; a small cavity, pit, or disconinutiy in an anatomical structure; a missing portion in a book or manuscript.
- moribund ‧ (adj.) at the point of death.
- nadir ✧
- (n.) the lowest point in the fortunes of a person or organization.
- (n.) the point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer.
- panpsychism ‧ (n.) the doctrine or belief that everything material however small, has an element of individual consciousness.
- perspicacious ‧ (adj.) of acute mental vision or discernment, keen.
- sine qua non ‧ (n.) [latin: without which, not] an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.
- vicissitudes
- (n.) a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
- (n.) alternation between opposite or contrasting things.
- vociferous ‧ (adj.) (especially of a person or speech) vehement or clamorous.
- zenith ✧
- (n.) the point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer.
- (n.) the time at which something is most powerful or successful.
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