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Prime
(i.e. "If El Greco had painted miniatures in his prime... infinitely detailed, with all his sulphorus color...) |
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Adjective:
Of best possible quality
Pablo painted plenty prime paintings.
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Ravine
(i.e. "Crickets were stirring gently in the distant ravines.") |
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Noun
A deep narrow gorge steep sides
The ravine is full of untouched wildlife. |
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Veldt
(i.e."... and presently an African veldt appeared, ... on all sides, in colors reproduced to final pebble and bit of straw. The ceiling above them became a deep sky with a hot yellow sun.") |
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Noun
Open, unculivated country or grassland in Africa. It is conventionally classified by altitude into highveld, middleveld, and lowveld.
The lovely veldt was the best part of our Africa tour. |
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Perspiration
(i.e. "George Hadley felt the perspiration start on his brow." |
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noun
The process of sweating
The jogger felt perspiration on his head. |
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Automaticictiy
(i.e. "Similary, behind them, in the halls, lights went on and off as they left them behind, with a soft automaticity.") |
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noun
The ability to do things in an automatic response pattern or habit, usually gained by learning, repetition, or practice
He recited the presidents of the U.S.A with confident automaticity. |
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Paprika
(i.e. "... the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air.") |
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noun
A powdered spice with a deep orange-red color and a mildly pugent flavour.
The cook added the paprika to his five star chicken alfredo. |
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exquisite
(i.e."... and the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite French tapestry..." |
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adjective
Extremely beautiful and typically delicate
The exquisite vase was a wonder of art. |
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Metronome
(i.e. "A calculator made the sound of a metronome. Five, Six, Seven...") |
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Definition
Noun
A machine that ticks to a beat, and is used by most band members.
The metronome ticked to the beat to my song, allowing me to play on beat. |
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Term
Odorophonics
(i.e."Now the hidden odorophonics were beginning to blow a wind of odor at the two people in the middle of the baked veldtland.")
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noun
a machine that create a smell or odor.
The odorophonics in the walls made the movie realistic. |
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Psychologist
(i.e."'My dear George, a psychologist never saw a fact in his life. He only hears about feelings; vague things.'") |
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Noun
One who studies the mind, it's reactions, and it's behavior.
The psychologist listens to the seemingly insane woman. |
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