Vocabulary
Tautology

The saying of the same thing twice in different words
Disposessed

deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.
Remonstrance

An earnest expression of opposition or protest, a formal presentation.
Recrudesence

The renewal or reappearance of something, especially something dangerous or unhealthy. The return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
Voussoir

Wegde shaped block used in construction of roman arch.
Occam's Razor

The simplest explanation is usually correct.
Ineluctable

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable. "the ineluctable facts of history"
Kenson

Self deprivation (Japanese)
Diffident

modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.
Apricity

The warmth of sun in winter
Business

Ferrets
Encomium

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
caisson

Military: A chest or wagon used to carry ammunition or to transport the casket of a fallen military member. The casket is carried in a horse-drawn caisson.
Question inflection

the use of a rising pitch at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Omakase

a meal consisting of dishes selected by the chef.
Cloud

Bats (in flight)
Vituperative

bitter and abusive
Eclat

brilliant display or effect.
Metacognition

An awareness that you don't know everything is often called "metacognition"; it essentially means "thinking about thinking" and includes the ability to recognize your own knowledge gaps and limitations
Extant

(especially of a document) still in existence; surviving. "the original manuscript is no longer extant"
Probity

the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.
Epic

Use e.g. he lacked that level of physical wit, physical improvisation, and epic, his story was a good one... .
Feijoada

Brazil's national dish, is a stew loaded with black beans and meats of every description: smoked pork loin, bacon and sausage such as chorizo.
Flaneur

A person who strolls through the city often observing life and their surroundings with curiosity and without a specific purpose.
Murmuration

Starlings
Apostacy

the total rejection of Christianity by a baptized person who, having at one time professed the Christian faith, publicly rejects it.
Flush

Mallards
Ken

one's range of knowledge or sight.
Viticulture

the study, production, and practice of cultivating grapes, including the agricultural activities involved in growing them up to the time of harvest. It's a branch of horticulture
Injunction

a judicial order that restrains a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or that compels a person to carry out a certain act, e.g., to make restitution to an injured party.
Polymath

an individual whose knowledge spans many different subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems
Oshibori

Hot hand towels, Japanese
Recursive Self Improvement

AI ability to correct its own coding
Koan

a paradoxical anecdote or riddle used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and to provoke enlightenment.
Anthropocene

a term used to describe the current period in Earth's history when human activity has had a significant impact on the planet. The term is used in a variety of contexts, including the Earth sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Hegelian Dialectic

Refers originally to a dialogue between people holding different ponts of view about a subject but wishing to arrive at the truth through reasoned argumentation. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis.
catafalque

a decorated wooden framework supporting the coffin of a distinguished person during a funeral or while lying in state.
Rod of Asclepius

The Rod of Asclepius, also known as the Staff of Aesculapius, is a symbol of medicine and healing that depicts a rod with a single serpent wrapped around it. Re: Greek god Asclepius, who was the deity of medicine and healing. official insignia of the American Medical Association. It is also used by the World Health Organization and the American College of Physicians.
Scurry

Squirrels
noblesse oblige

French phrase that means "nobility obligates". It's used to describe the idea that people of high social rank or wealth have a responsibility to help others.
misology

Misology is a noun that means a hatred of reasoning, argument, or enlightenment.
Confusion

Weasels
Empathy

...only came into popular use in the early twentieth century to describe the imaginative act of projecting oneself into a work of art in an effort to understand why art moves us
Internecine

destructive to both sides in a conflict.
Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht was made up of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy), and the Luftwaffe (air force). The term "Wehrmacht" is German for "defense force".
Kaiseki

Multi-course Japanese meal
Peregrinations

A journey, especially a long or meandering one.
Committee

Vultures
Fluffle

Bunnies
Mountebank

a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
Baader-Meinhof

The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is a cognitive bias that causes people to notice something more often after they become aware of it. It's also kno
Elided

(of a sound or syllable) omitted when speaking. "elided consonants"

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