- kismet - destiny; fate (origin 19th cen from Turkish, Arabic)
- trepidation - a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen (archaic - a trembling motion)
- wroth - angry
- malediction - a magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil
- Quiescent - a quiet, soft-spoken soul.
- Chimerical - merely imaginary; fanciful.
- Susurrus - a whispering or rustling sound.
- Raconteur - one who excels in story-telling.
- Clinquant - glittering; tinsel-like.
- Aubade - a song greeting the dawn.
- Ephemeral - lasting a very short time.
- Sempiternal - everlasting; eternal.
- Euphonious - pleasing; sweet in sound.
- Billet-doux - a love letter.
- Redamancy - act of loving in return
- protean - tending or able to change frequently or easily
- diffident - modest or shy because of lacking self-confidence
- importunate - persistent, esp. to the point of intrusion or annoyance
- extirpation - to root out and destroy completely
- hermeneutic - concerning interpretation, esp of Bible or literary texts
- anachronistic - a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists
- swarthy - darker skinned
- pusillanimous - showing lack of courage/ determination
- jejune- simplistic
- antediluvian - before flood
- nugatory- of no value/ import
- ineluctable- inescapable
- prestidigitation- magic tricks as entertainment
- herpetology- reptiles science
- belie- fail to give true notion
- senescence - condition/ process of deteriorateing w age
- incur - become subject to (something unpleasant or unwelcome) as a result of one's own actions or behavior
- penetralium - interior, depth
- verisimilitude - revelation
- sic -The Latin adverb sic ("thus"; in full: sic erat scriptum, "thus it had been written") added immediately after a quoted word or phrase (or a longer piece of text), indicates that the quotation has been transcribed exactly as found in the original source, complete with any erroneous spelling or other nonstandard presentation. The usual purpose is to inform the reader that any errors or apparent errors in the transcribed material do not arise from transcription errors, and the errors have been repeated intentionally, i.e., that they are reproduced exactly as set down by the original writer or printer. It may also be used as a form of ridicule or as a humorous comment, drawing attention to the original writer's spelling mistakes or emphasizing his or her erroneous logic.
- ebullient - cheerful and full of energy
- furtive - attempting to avoid attention or notice
- glasnost - (in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985
- acedia - spiritual or mental sloth; apathy
- bowdlerize - remove material that is improper or offensive
- jeremiad - a long mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes
- simulacra - an image or representation of someone or something
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