Surfeit-a too huge amount
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Surfeit-a too huge amount
Dupe-fool;trick
Hither-here(old-fashioned)
miscegenation :
- noun
1. marriage or cohabitation between a man and woman of different races.
2. the mixing of races by interbreeding.
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'If only there could be an invention ... that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.'
- Rebecca (by Daphne du Maurier)
au·to·di·dact /ˌɔtoʊˈdaɪdækt, -daɪˈdækt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt]
–noun
a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
meme
n. A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
prolix :
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
Gadzookery \gad-ˈzü-kə-rē\ (n)
The use of archaisms (as in a historical novel)
This is my new favorite word.
terpsichorean :
1. of or relating to dancing.
2. a dancer.
hidebound :
- adjective
1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible; stubbornly prejudiced.
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely and obstinately conservative.
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Currently reading : T. C. Boyle Stories
callipygian :
- adjective
1. having beautifully proportioned buttocks. Also, callipygous.
[Origin: Greek kallipugos : kalli (beautiful) + pugé (buttocks)]
exegesis :
- noun
1. Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, esp. of the Bible.
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Currently reading : MASTER AND MAN and Other Stories (by Leo Tolstoy)
peculate :
- verb
1. to steal money (esp. public funds) or property entrusted to one's care; embezzle.
Befit (adj)-suit
bathetic :
- adjective
1. effusively or insincerely emotional; maudlin; mawkish.