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clerestory

[kleer-stawr-ee]

a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior

shibboleth

[shib-uh-lith]

a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth

imprecate

[im-pri-keyt]

to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person

prodigious

[pruh-dij-uhs]

extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.

turbulent

[tur-byuh-luhnt]

being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed

baksheesh

[bak-sheesh]

a tip, present, or gratuity

infinitesimal

[in-fin-i-tes-uh-muhl]

extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

endemic

[en-dem-ik]

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

fipple

[fip-uhl]

a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows

conflate

[kuhn-fleyt]

to fuse into one entity; merge

diegetic

[dahy-uh-jet-ik]

(of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters

convey

[kuhn-vey]

to communicate; impart; make known

imminent

[im-uh-nuhnt]

projecting or leaning forward; overhanging

insolent

[in-suh-luhnt]

boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting

sigil

[sij-il]

a pictorial symbol used in ritualistic magic and supposed to have supernatural power

comport

[kuhm-pawrt]

to bear or conduct (oneself); behave

spondee

[spon-dee]

in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

hesperidium

[hes-puh-rid-ee-uhm]

the fruit of a citrus plant

kapellmeister

[kah-pel-mahy-ster]

the leader or conductor of an orchestra or choir

exacerbation

[ig-zas-er-bey-shuhn]

the act of making a negative situation feel worse than it is

sanctimonious

[sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uhs]

making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness

prescient

[presh-uhnt]

having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight

chthonian

[thoh-nee-uhn]

of Classical Mythology, relating to the deities, spirits, and other dwellings under the earth

entrench

[en-trench]

establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely