Vocabulary
Disposessed

deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.
Mountebank

a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
catafalque

a decorated wooden framework supporting the coffin of a distinguished person during a funeral or while lying in state.
Rod of Asclepius

The Rod of Asclepius, also known as the Staff of Aesculapius, is a symbol of medicine and healing that depicts a rod with a single serpent wrapped around it. Re: Greek god Asclepius, who was the deity of medicine and healing. official insignia of the American Medical Association. It is also used by the World Health Organization and the American College of Physicians.
Confusion

Weasels
Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht was made up of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy), and the Luftwaffe (air force). The term "Wehrmacht" is German for "defense force".
Viticulture

the study, production, and practice of cultivating grapes, including the agricultural activities involved in growing them up to the time of harvest. It's a branch of horticulture
Voussoir

Wegde shaped block used in construction of roman arch.
noblesse oblige

French phrase that means "nobility obligates". It's used to describe the idea that people of high social rank or wealth have a responsibility to help others.
Occam's Razor

The simplest explanation is usually correct.
Scurry

Squirrels
Ken

one's range of knowledge or sight.
Vituperative

bitter and abusive
Flaneur

A person who strolls through the city often observing life and their surroundings with curiosity and without a specific purpose.
Metacognition

An awareness that you don't know everything is often called "metacognition"; it essentially means "thinking about thinking" and includes the ability to recognize your own knowledge gaps and limitations
Injunction

a judicial order that restrains a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or that compels a person to carry out a certain act, e.g., to make restitution to an injured party.
Ineluctable

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable. "the ineluctable facts of history"
Cloud

Bats (in flight)
Murmuration

Starlings
Omakase

a meal consisting of dishes selected by the chef.
Feijoada

Brazil's national dish, is a stew loaded with black beans and meats of every description: smoked pork loin, bacon and sausage such as chorizo.
Apricity

The warmth of sun in winter
caisson

Military: A chest or wagon used to carry ammunition or to transport the casket of a fallen military member. The casket is carried in a horse-drawn caisson.
Oshibori

Hot hand towels, Japanese
misology

Misology is a noun that means a hatred of reasoning, argument, or enlightenment.
Extant

(especially of a document) still in existence; surviving. "the original manuscript is no longer extant"
Recrudesence

The renewal or reappearance of something, especially something dangerous or unhealthy. The return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
Apostacy

the total rejection of Christianity by a baptized person who, having at one time professed the Christian faith, publicly rejects it.
Koan

a paradoxical anecdote or riddle used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and to provoke enlightenment.
Peregrinations

A journey, especially a long or meandering one.
Anthropocene

a term used to describe the current period in Earth's history when human activity has had a significant impact on the planet. The term is used in a variety of contexts, including the Earth sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Hegelian Dialectic

Refers originally to a dialogue between people holding different ponts of view about a subject but wishing to arrive at the truth through reasoned argumentation. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis.
Flush

Mallards
Tautology

The saying of the same thing twice in different words
Fluffle

Bunnies
Diffident

modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.
Polymath

an individual whose knowledge spans many different subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems
Internecine

destructive to both sides in a conflict.
Business

Ferrets
Eclat

brilliant display or effect.
Committee

Vultures
Elided

(of a sound or syllable) omitted when speaking. "elided consonants"
Probity

the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.
Baader-Meinhof

The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is a cognitive bias that causes people to notice something more often after they become aware of it. It's also kno
Encomium

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
Kenson

Self deprivation (Japanese)
Kaiseki

Multi-course Japanese meal
Empathy

...only came into popular use in the early twentieth century to describe the imaginative act of projecting oneself into a work of art in an effort to understand why art moves us
Epic

Use e.g. he lacked that level of physical wit, physical improvisation, and epic, his story was a good one... .
Recursive Self Improvement

AI ability to correct its own coding
Remonstrance

An earnest expression of opposition or protest, a formal presentation.
Question inflection

the use of a rising pitch at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

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Monday, April 20, 2026

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