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Bemused
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.
Rhetoric
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.
Splayed
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.
Mote
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.