torpor

torpor [TAWR-per]

noun

Lacking in vitality or interest.

The first time we tried Special K we got locked into “K-holes,” and sat there in a state of torpor for twelve long minutes.

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koan

[KOH-ahn]

noun

A nonsensical or paradoxical question.

Apparently that age old koan about the goddamned chicken and the egg has been

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libation

[lahy-bey-shuhn]

noun

An intoxicating beverage, especially when drunk in celebrative situations.

We hope that you are all recovering from last night’s libations in honor of old St…

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penchant

[PEN-chunt]

noun

Inclination; decided taste; a strong liking.

He never had a penchant for red heads, though he had banged quite a few.

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muliebrity

[myoo-lee-EB-ri-tee]

noun

The state of being a woman.

She embodied muliebrity to its fullest extent…

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machination

[mack-uh-NAY-shuhn]

noun

The act of plotting.

I realized very fucking quickly that his “Video Email Technology” was a machination for a pyramid scheme.

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saccade

[sa-KAHD]

noun

The movement of the eye when it makes a sudden change, as in reading…

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