David Given Schwarm

Word	Definition
Amaranthine	Unfading or everlasting.
Aporetic	Expressing uncertainty or an unresolved contradiction.
Auratic	Having the distinctive quality or atmosphere of an aura.
Aureate	Golden or gold-colored.
Avers	States or asserts something to be true.
Chicaner	A person who uses trickery or clever deception to get their way.
Clodpate	A dull or stupid person; a blockhead.
Cynosure	A person or thing that is the center of attention.
Dedovshchina	A system of hazing associated with the Soviet and Russian military.
Defactory	Relating to defecation or the discharge of waste.
Diaphanous	Light, delicate, and almost transparent.
Dispositif	A network of institutions, practices, ideas, and mechanisms functioning together.
Effulgent	Shining brightly or radiant.
Elysian	Blissful, heavenly, or idyllic.
Ephemeral	Lasting for only a short time.
Ethereal	Extremely delicate, light, or otherworldly.
Etiolated	Pale or weakened, especially through lack of light.
Evanesce	To gradually disappear or fade away.
Evanescent	Quickly fading or disappearing.
Exulansis	The tendency to stop discussing an experience because others cannot fully understand it.
Halcyon	Peaceful, calm, and idyllic.
Hermetic	Deliberately obscure or difficult to understand.
Herodotean	Resembling Herodotus in colorful, anecdotal, or sometimes improbable storytelling.
Ineffable	Too great or unusual to be adequately expressed in words.
Intertextual	Relating to connections between different texts.
Iridescent	Showing luminous colors that change with the viewing angle.
Irremediable	Impossible to cure, correct, or put right.
Lacuna	A gap, missing portion, or absence.
Liminal	Existing at a boundary or transitional stage.
Lucent	Glowing or shining with light.
Machicolated	Equipped with defensive openings called machicolations.
Makeweight	Something of little value added merely to fill a gap or make up a total.
Mellifluous	Pleasantly smooth, flowing, or sweet-sounding.
Metafictional	Self-consciously drawing attention to a work’s fictional nature.
Mottle	To mark with irregular spots, patches, or variations in color.
Noctilucent	Shining or glowing at night.
Numinous	Having a mysterious, spiritual, or awe-inspiring quality.
Obdurate	Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course.
Odyssean	Resembling an eventful journey or the resourcefulness of Odysseus.
Palimpsestic	Having multiple overlapping layers of meaning or history.
Panacea	A supposed remedy for every problem or illness.
Penumbra	A partial or peripheral shadow.
Peregrine	Wandering, traveling, or coming from abroad.
Perspicacious	Having keen insight and good judgment.
Pizzazz	Energetic flair, style, or excitement.
Plangent	Loud, resonant, and often mournful in sound.
Polysemous	Having multiple meanings.
Priapean	Relating to Priapus or characterized by crude phallic sexuality.
Protean	Able to change frequently or assume many different forms.
Pseudologue	A liar, especially a habitual or pathological one.
Pulchritude	Physical beauty.
Rakeshame	A disreputable or dissolute person; a scoundrel.
Recondite	Difficult to understand or known only by specialists.
Reverie	A dreamy state of pleasant thought.
Sempiternal	Everlasting or seemingly without end.
Seraphic	Angelic, sublime, or blissful.
Slangwhanger	A loud, abusive talker or writer, especially a political ranter.
Sonorous	Deep, full, and resonant in sound.
Spizzerinctum	Vim, energy, ambition, and determination.
Susurrus	A whispering, murmuring, or rustling sound.
Tercet	A group or stanza of three lines of verse.
Wen	A cyst or benign growth, historically especially one on the scalp.
Zazzy	Flashy, stylish, lively, or showy.
Zephyr	A soft, gentle breeze.