| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |