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lorn (adj.)

1. alone and unhappy; left alone and not cared for

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Conflagration (n.)

1. a destructive fire, usually an extensive one

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Iconoclastic (adj.)

1. attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity

2. breaking or destroying images, especially those set up for religious veneration

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Diaphanous (adj.)

1. very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent

2. delicately hazy

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Catharsis (n.)

1. the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music

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Verklempt (adj.)

1. overcome with emotion; choked up

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Reticent (adj.)

1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved

2. reluctant or restrained

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Reverence (n.)

1. a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration

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Obscurantism (n.)

1. opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge

2. deliberate obscurity or evasion of clarity

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Verisimilitude (n.)

1. the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability

2. something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth

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Ambivalence (n.)

1. simultaneous and contradictory attitudes and feelings toward an object, person, or action

2. continual fluctuation (as between one thing and its opposite)

3. uncertainty as to which approach to follow

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Maelstrom (n.)

1. a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool

1. a restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs

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Opulence (n.)

1. wealth, riches, or affluence

2. abundance, as of resources or goods; plenty

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Crepuscular (adj.)

1. of, or relating to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct

2. appearing or active in the twilight, as certain bats or insects

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Atramentous (adj.)

1. black as ink

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Effulgent (adj.)

1. shining forth brilliantly; radiant

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Wellspring (n.)

1. the head or source of a spring, stream, river, etc.; fountainhead

2. a source or supply of anything, especially when considered inexhaustible