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James Wood
ballast
(en)
(noun) material that is used to provide stability to a vehicle or structure; (verb) to steady or equip with or as if with ballast
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The novel's bulk has already so properly ballasted Ray, has made his mind so present to us
I thought it meant like bombarded or something lol oops
strange
9 years, 1 month ago
The novel's bulk has already so properly ballasted Ray, has made his mind so present to us
I thought it meant like bombarded or something lol oops
strange
9 years, 1 month ago
gambrel
(en)
(noun) a stick or iron for suspending slaughtered animals / (noun) a roof with a lower steeper slope and an upper less steep one on each of its two sides
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they found a ham gambreled up in a high corner
quoting Cormac McCarthy, The Road
uncertain
9 years, 1 month ago
they found a ham gambreled up in a high corner
quoting Cormac McCarthy, The Road
uncertain
9 years, 1 month ago
vatic
(en)
(adjective) prophetic, oracular; describing or predicting what will happen in the future
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a kind of vatic histrionic groping
great word
unknown
9 years, 1 month ago
a kind of vatic histrionic groping
great word
unknown
9 years, 1 month ago
eschatology
(en)
the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind
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the idea that the boy may be the last god--an eschatological plot that is a kind of more philosophical version of The Terminator
notable
9 years, 1 month ago
the idea that the boy may be the last god--an eschatological plot that is a kind of more philosophical version of The Terminator
notable
9 years, 1 month ago
peroration
(en)
(noun) the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration / (noun) a highly rhetorical speech
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closing the scene with a rather lovely peroration
uncertain
9 years, 1 month ago
closing the scene with a rather lovely peroration
uncertain
9 years, 1 month ago
edifying
(en)
(verb) build / (verb) establish / (verb) to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift / (verb) enlighten inform
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Oprah Winfrey, who selected the novel for her remorselessly edifying book club
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9 years, 1 month ago
Oprah Winfrey, who selected the novel for her remorselessly edifying book club
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9 years, 1 month ago
theodicy
(en)
(noun) defense of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil
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There is no obligation for The Road to answer an unanswerable question like theodicy.
uncertain
9 years, 1 month ago
There is no obligation for The Road to answer an unanswerable question like theodicy.
uncertain
9 years, 1 month ago
panoptic
(en)
(adjective) being or presenting a comprehensive or panoramic view
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He seems to rear panoptically above his subjects
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9 years, 1 month ago
He seems to rear panoptically above his subjects
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9 years, 1 month ago
exegesis
(en)
(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text
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his own prose, built of solid blocks of exegesis and description
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9 years, 1 month ago
his own prose, built of solid blocks of exegesis and description
notable
9 years, 1 month ago
synoptic
(en)
(adjective) affording a general view of a whole / (adjective) manifesting or characterized by comprehensiveness or breadth of view / (adjective) presenting or taking the same or common view
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