- apathy, noun. Absence of passion, emotion, or excitement; lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting. (Cf. empathy and sympathy.)
- banausic, adjective. Merely mechanical; mundane; routine (from Greek Banausos/βάναυσος, a pejorative term applied to manual laborers).
- belabor, verb. To explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary;
- beleaguer, verb. To surround or beset, as with troubles; to surround with military forces.
- bromide, noun. A commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion; a platitude, often designed to placate.
- cacography, noun. Bad handwriting; poor penmanship; incorrect spelling.
- cacoethes, noun. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire.
- corybantic, adjective. Frenzied, ecstatic, unrestrained; wildly emotional (i.e., being in the spirit or manner of the Corybants, the attendants of the Greco-Roman goddess Cybele).
- delineate, verb. To draw or depict; to describe or characterize in words.
- doohickey, noun. (Informal) A gadget; thingamajig.
- empathy, noun. The psychological identification with the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of another. (Cf. apathy and sympathy.)
- glossology, noun. (Archaic) The science of language; linguistics.
- idiosyncratic, adjective. Pertaining to the nature, characteristic, habit, or manner peculiar to an individual.
- inanition, noun. Exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation; lack of vigor; lethargy.
- interlard, verb. To diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting; (Obsolete) to mix, as fat with lean meat.
- nepo baby, noun. A person whose career is similar or related to the career in which a parent succeeded (especially a child of a famous parent, such as an actor or musician; short for nepotism baby).
- obdurate, adjective. Unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- peroration, noun. (Rhetoric) The concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force.
- rhinoglottophilia, noun. (Linguistics) The connection between or co-occurrence of laryngeal (glottal) and nasal articulations (rhino- of the nose + glotto- of the tongue, speech + -philia love or like; coined by linguist James Matisoff in 1975).
- spoor, noun. A track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- sympathy, noun. The act or state of feeling sorrow or compassion for another. (Cf. apathy and empathy.)
- zenith, noun. The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer; the highest point above the horizon attained by a celestial body.
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