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cupola
/ˈkyo͞opələ/

-a small dome, especially a small dome on a drum on top of a larger dome, adorning a roof or ceiling.
-a gun turret; a small domed hatch above a gun turret on some tanks.
-a cylindrical furnace for refining metals, with openings at the bottom for blowing in air and originally with a dome leading to a chimney above.
 
casuistry
/ˈkaZHo͞oəstrē/

noun
the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.

the resolving of moral problems by the application of theoretical rules to particular instances.
 
Adjudicate

1.to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
2.to settle or determine.
3.to sit in judgment (usually followed by upute) judicially.
 
Bedizen

Bedizen means to decorate yourself or something else to the max — in an over-the-top flashy style. Picture big jewels and gold bling.

Bedizen is used only in written form now, though because so few people know what it actually means you might well get away with saying, "Oh, I like the way you've bedizened yourself today," without getting a slap in the face. In fact, they'll probably take it as a compliment. However, people rarely use bedizen in a complimentary way. From the old Dutch word dizen, meaning "to deck out."
 
hoax

noun

  • 1.
    a humorous or malicious deception.

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Soliloquy

Ever see someone talking to himself while on a stage? That's what you call a soliloquy — a character's speech voicing his or her own thoughts as if to himself. Shakespeare's plays are full of soliloquies.

The noun, soliloquy, comes from the Latin roots, solus "alone" plus loqui "speak" meaning "a talking to oneself." A soliloquy is a speech a character gives of his thoughts and reflections. Some of the most famous lines in drama are taken from soliloquies. Take "to be or not to be..." and "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace..." as two examples of lines from soliloquies that have tortured high school students around the globe. Not the Globe Theater, Silly.
 
ethereal

1. extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world.
"her ethereal beauty"
"melodic phrases of ethereal beauty"

2. heavenly or spiritual.
"ethereal, otherworldly visions"
"theologians may discuss abstract and ethereal ideas"

3. Chemistry: (of a solution) having diethyl ether as a solvent.
"sodium is dissolved in ethereal solutions of aromatic ketones"

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This has always been one of my favourite words, but I've just realised would; DMT be considered as having a diethyl ether as a solvent?
 
Tranced said:
ethereal

1. extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world.
"her ethereal beauty"
"melodic phrases of ethereal beauty"

2. heavenly or spiritual.
"ethereal, otherworldly visions"

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This has always been one of my favourite words.
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I like it as well.

Obliging

Adj.

Friendly, helpful, willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services,etc.; accommodating.
 
enlightenment

n

1. the act or means of enlightening or the state of being enlightened
2. Buddhism the awakening to ultimate truth by which man is freed from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations to which all men are otherwise subject
3. Hinduism a state of transcendent divine experience represented by Vishnu: regarded as a goal of all religion
 
Skittish

adj

1. apt to start or shy:a skittish horse.

2. restlessly or excessively lively:a skittish mood.

3. fickle; uncertain.

4. shy; coy.
 
Vivacity:characterized by high spirits and animation

If someone says you're full of vivacity, that means you have high spirits and are full of life. Your vivacity makes you a great comedic actor because you attack the stage with endless energy.

Vivacity comes from the Latin vīvācitāt-, meaning "life force," and shares a root with the word vital. You may know from medical dramas that if someone's vital signs are not good, that means he's dying. But if he is full of vivacity, that means the opposite: he's totally energetically fully alive! If you don't have much vivacity, don't become a motivational speaker.
 
Consumed

to destroy or expend by use; use up.
to eat or drink up; devour.
to destroy, as by decomposition or burning.
to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully.
to absorb; engross.

 
Glorious

Very beautiful or excellent, deserving admiration, praise, a honor.




 
Pachyderm

A pachyderm is a really big animal with really thick skin, like an elephant or a hippo.

If you break this word down to its parts, you see pachy which means thick and derm which means skin. It comes from the Greek, but was first used to describe a class of animals by a French naturalist in 1797. He believed that thick skinned animals all belonged to the same family and categorized them together. We now know to classify them according to different features, but the word remains both in use and descriptively useful.
 
Pensive

See that person staring out the window who looks so sad and lost in thought? He is pensive, the opposite of cheery and carefree.

If you've studied Spanish, you know that the verb pensar means "to think." If you're pensive, you might simply be thinking hard about something. Having no expression or maybe even frowning can be a result of being so engrossed in your thoughts — it might not reflect a melancholy attitude. Remember this the next time you're about to ask a pensive person, "What's wrong?" It could very well be nothing.

-Vocabulary.com
 
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