to bend the knee; to be humbly obedient or respectful
to bend the knee; to be humbly obedient or respectful
a French experimental novelist; many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play
speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock
(adjective) smooth / (adjective) having a surface without hairs or projections
(noun) twilight; dusk
derived from goy (Hebrew for nation); used as a superlative for Jewishness?
the excrement of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer
(verb) make more attractive, especially in a showy or gimmicky way
relating to the writing of the lives of saints; (derogatory) adulatory writing about another person
(noun) the spreading of light beyond its proper boundaries in a developed photographic image / (noun) a bright ring that sometimes surrounds a bright object on a television screen
(noun) a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation; exodus; from the migration or journey of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622
very great, bad, or overwhelming
a person, especially a priest in ancient Greece, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles
(noun) a usually short sermon / (noun) a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme / (noun) an inspirational catchphrase or platitude. homiletic: the art of preaching or writing sermons
(noun) a usually short sermon / (noun) a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme / (noun) an inspirational catchphrase or platitude. homiletic: the art of preaching or writing sermons
a French novelist and playwright; La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus
(adj) of, relating to, or characteristic of fire
an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation
referring to the verb "indite", which means to compose or write, or to treat in a literary composition
unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable
unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable
(noun) the act of entering; entrance / (noun) the power or liberty of entrance or access
(noun) the act of entering; entrance / (noun) the power or liberty of entrance or access
grossly unfair and morally wrong