lambent
[LAM-buhnt]
adjective
Softly bright or radiant; luminous.
As soon as the acid kicked in, I started to notice the lambent nature of my white walls and cheap carpeting.
pleonasm
[PLEE-uh-naz-uhm]
noun
The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Guliani never fell back on pleonasms…
somnambulism
Sleepwalking.
Woody grew frustrated with his live-in girlfriend when she began to disappear downstairs for hours every night. He’d hear Sarah shuffling around and playing video games…
opprobrious
[uh-proh-bree-uhs]
adjective
Outrageously disgraceful or shameful.
It’s been a while since human gaffe-machine Joe Biden has made some shithead, opprobrious remark.
countervail
[kown-tur-VAYL]
trans
verb. To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to counteract…
propinquity
[pruh-PING-kwih-tee]
noun
Nearness in place; proximity.
I was not at all surprised by the propinquity of me eating a burrito on 51st st…
degust
/dɪˈgʌst/
verb
to taste or savor carefully, often appreciatively.
Although her pussy had been degusted by many men during their short marriage, Mykolas could not quit his false-hearted wife…