WORDS OF INTEREST


Cognoscente: (noun) a conniseur, or person with highly refined/specialized/superior taste or knowledge.

Execrable: (adj) destestable, very bad, wretched.

Haruspex: (noun) a person who practices divination by inspecting sacrificed animals' entrails, dates back to Ancient Rome.

Languid: (adj) slow, relaxed; disinclined toward physical activity; physically weak/

Pusillanimity: (noun) the state of being a coward.

Schloss: (noun) German term (Schloß) for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house.


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