Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

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(verb) to renounce upon oath / (verb) to reject solemnly / (verb) to abstain from; avoid

the surgical removal of body tissue OR the erosion of rock, typically by wind action

the surgical removal of body tissue OR the erosion of rock, typically by wind action

(noun) the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material (as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization especially in the presence of a therapist

difficult to understand; obscure

difficult to understand; obscure

upward sloping

upward sloping

(adjective) of or relating to animal fat / (adjective) fat

(noun) a nearly horizontal passage from the surface in a mine

(noun, Greek mythology) protective mantle of Zeus given to Athena

(noun, Greek mythology) protective mantle of Zeus given to Athena

glittering especially with reflected light

descended from the same male ancestor as a specified or implied subject, especially through the male line

descended from the same male ancestor as a specified or implied subject, especially through the male line

descended from the same male ancestor as a specified or implied subject, especially through the male line

descended from the same male ancestor as a specified or implied subject, especially through the male line

(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck

(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something

(noun, literary theory) repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect

not entropic

(adjective) full of windings and intricate turnings; tortuous

(adjective) full of windings and intricate turnings; tortuous

(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine

(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine

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