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Bemused
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Bemused [bi-myoozd]
–adjective 1. bewildered or confused. 2. lost in thought; preoccupied. "The professor was watching him bemused, now and then peering up into the high darkness." p. 71. |
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Rhetoric
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rhet⋅o⋅ric
/ˈrɛtərɪk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ret-er-ik] –noun 1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast. 2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. Their vulgar rhetoric..how dare they talk like that about a human being dying." p.84. |
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Splayed
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splay
–verb (used with object) 1. to spread out, expand, or extend. 2. to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel. "The book splayed open, almost twice its original thickness." p. 94. |
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Mote
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mote [moht]
–noun 1. a small particle or speck, esp. of dust. "Caravaggio sits there in silence, thoughts lost among the floating motes." p. 116. |