ablation
ah-bley-shen
noun
1. The wearing away of exterior or peripheral material by melting, friction, or burning, as the ablation of a glacier by melting or scraping against rock or the ablation of a burning meteor streaking across the sky.
2. The surgical removal of a body part by excision or amputation.
afflatus
uh-FLAY-tuhs
noun
A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.
apposite
AP-uh-zit
adjective
Being of striking appropriateness and relevance; very applicable; apt.
aver
uh-VUR
transitive verb:
1. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
2. (Law) To assert, claim, or declare as a fact.
cancrine
kang-kreen
adjective
1. Crab-like, having the features and characteristics or the shape of a crab (cancriform); crooked, bent, moving sideways.
2. Related to crabs.
cathexis
ka-thek-sis
noun
1. The focus or direction of emotional energy on a single object, idea, or activity.
2. A fixation or obsession.
compurgator
kahm-per-gay-ter
noun
One who under oath vouches for the character or conduct of an accused person.
corybantic
kawr-uh-BAN-tik
adjective
Frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
concatenate
kahn-kat-uh-nayt
verb
To link together in a series or chain.
entheogen
en-thee-e-jen
noun
A psychoactive (psychedelic, hallucinogenic) substance used to induce a mystical or spiritual experience.
epicene
EP-uh-seen
adjective
1. Having the characteristics of both sexes.
2. Effeminate; unmasculine.
3. Sexless; neuter.
4. (Linguistics) Having but one form of the noun for both the male and the female.
noun
1. A person or thing that is epicene.
2. (Linguistics) An epicene word.
equivocate
ih-KWIV-uh-kayt
intransitive verb
To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or to avoid committing oneself to anything definite.
ersatz
AIR-sahts; UR-sats
adjective
Being a substitute or imitation, usually an inferior one.
fugacious
fyoo-GAY-shuhs
adjective
Lasting but a short time, fleeting.
fulvous
FULL-vus
adjective
Of a dull brownish yellow, tawny
hermetic
her-MET-ik
adjective
1. Relating to or characterized by occultism or abstruseness, recondite.
2A. Airtight.
2B. Impervious to external influence.
2C. Recluse, solitary.
interregnum
in-tuhr-REG-nuhm
noun
Plural interregnums
-nuhmz or interregna-nuh
1. The interval between two reigns; any period when a state is left without a ruler.
2. A period of freedom from authority or during which government functions are suspended.
3. Any breach of continuity in an order; a lapse or interval in a continuity.
interpolate
in-ter-pe-layt
verb transitive
1. To insert new matter between parts of something else.
2. To adulterate or corrupt by adding new, irrelevant matter.
3. (Mathematics) To estimate a value that lies between two other values.
irredenta
ir-ra-dent-a
noun
A population of people belonging to one culture under the political domination of another.
oppugn
uh-PYOON
verb
1. To assail by criticism, argument, or action.
2. To call in question; dispute.
organoleptic
or-guh-noh-lep-tik
adjective
1. Being, affecting, or relating to qualities (as taste, color, odor, and feel) of a substance (as a food or drug) that stimulate the sense organs.
2. Involving use of the sense organs.
praxis
PRAK-sis
noun
1. Practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
2. Convention, habit, or custom.
3. A set of examples for practice.
prescience
PREE-shuns; PREE-shee-uns; PRESH-uns; PRESH-ee-uns; PREE-see-uns; PRES-ee-uns
noun
Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
pseudepigraphy
su-di-pig-ra-fi
noun
False attribution of authorship.
prolix
pro-LIKS; PRO-liks
adjective
1. Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; wordy.
2. Tending to speak or write at excessive length.
pusillanimous
pyoo-suh-LAN-uh-muhs
adjective
Lacking in courage and resolution; contemptibly fearful; cowardly.
rueru
verb transitive
1. To regret, to feel sorry about.
2. To repent, to be penitent or do penitence for (now rare).
ruritanian
rur-uh-tay-nee-un
adjective
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an imaginary place of high romance.
terpsichorean
terp-sih-kuh-ree-un
noun
Of or relating to dancing.
truckle
TRUHK-uhl
verb intransitive
To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to act in a subservient manner.
noun
A small wheel or roller; a caster.
veridical
va-ri-di-kel
adjective
1. Veracious, truthful, in perfect alignment with the facts, as a veridical excuse for being late.
2. Verisimilar, seeming to coincide with reality, seemingly real, as a veridical hallucination.
verisimilitude
ver-uh-suh-MIL-uh-tood; -tyood
noun
1. The appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true.
2. Something that has the appearance of being true or real.
weltanschauung
velt-ahnn-shaeww-ung
noun
World view, outlook on life, philosophy of life.
zibeline
ZIB-uh-leen
noun
A soft lustrous wool fabric with mohair, alpaca, or camel's hair.
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Continuing project of POSP's stringer Tim.
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