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

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(intrans verb) to progress by revolving; (trans verb) to propel by causing to rotate

(noun) a farm tipcart / (noun) a vehicle carrying condemned persons (as political prisoners during the French Revolution) to a place of execution

(adjective) being in a state of distension; swollen, tumid (opposite of flaccid) / (adjective) exhibiting turgor / (adjective) excessively embellished in style or language; bombastic, pompous

(adjective) being in a state of distension; swollen, tumid (opposite of flaccid) / (adjective) exhibiting turgor / (adjective) excessively embellished in style or language; bombastic, pompous

(plural for tympanum) the recessed, usually triangular space enclosed between the horizontal and sloping cornices of a pediment, often decorated with sculpture

not beveled

(verb) to form or move in waves; fluctuate / (verb) to rise and fall in volume, pitch, or cadence / (verb) to present a wavy appearance / (verb) to cause to move in a wavy, sinuous, or flowing manner

(chemistry) the combining power of an element. or like, aspect

(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks

(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks

(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks

green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass

green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass

a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces when exposed to air

(noun) a change or variation occurring in the course of something; successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs

(verb) to make faulty or defective; impair / (verb) to debase in moral or aesthetic status / (verb) to make ineffective

relating to or characteristic of the operas of German composer Richard Wagner

(noun) alternative way of saying "Walpurgisnacht" or "Walpurgis Night", meaning Witches' Night; feast day of Saint Walpurga

obtain (something that is desired) by persuading others to comply or by manipulating events

a feeling of melancholy and world-weariness; coined by German author Jean Paul

a feeling of melancholy and world-weariness; coined by German author Jean Paul

an American novelist; one of the first and most important American postmodern writers

(verb) blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff; remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left

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