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Abendrot is the color of the sky while the sun is setting.
Agothokakologocal is composed of both good and evil. From the Greek roots agath- (good), kako- (a variant of cac-, meaning bad), and -logical (the adjectival suffix based on logos, meaning word).
Atticism is concise and elegant expression or diction.
Boffin is a technical or scientific expert.
Deipnosophist is a person who is an adept conversationalist at table.
Demisexual is a person who does not experience sexual attraction unless they form an emotional connection.
Erudite is having or showing great knowledge or learning. From Latin erudire meaning to instruct or train.
Esoteric means something intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
Heuristic is enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves.
Indagate is to search out and answer or investigate. From the Latin word indagare meaning to track.
Lyssophobia is the fear of madness or going insane.
Megillah is an elaborate, complicated production or sequence of events. Megillah derives from the Yiddish megile, which itself comes from the Hebrew word mĕgillāh, meaning "scroll" or "volume."
Meraki is Greek for doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put “something of yourself” into what you're doing, whatever it may be.
Monochopsis is the subtle by persistent feeling of being out of place.
Neologize is to make or use new words or create new meanings for existing words.
Nescience is a lack of knowledge or ignorance.
Nyctophilia the love of the darkness or night.
Perspicacious is having a ready insight into and understanding of things. From Latin perspicax, perspicac which means seeing clearly.
Philomath is a lover of learning.
Phosphenes are the stars you see in your vision.
Pleonasm is the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning either as a fault of style or for emphasis.
Sciential is having efficient knowledge.
Agothokakologocal is composed of both good and evil. From the Greek roots agath- (good), kako- (a variant of cac-, meaning bad), and -logical (the adjectival suffix based on logos, meaning word).
Atticism is concise and elegant expression or diction.
Boffin is a technical or scientific expert.
Deipnosophist is a person who is an adept conversationalist at table.
Demisexual is a person who does not experience sexual attraction unless they form an emotional connection.
Erudite is having or showing great knowledge or learning. From Latin erudire meaning to instruct or train.
Esoteric means something intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
Heuristic is enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves.
Indagate is to search out and answer or investigate. From the Latin word indagare meaning to track.
Lyssophobia is the fear of madness or going insane.
Megillah is an elaborate, complicated production or sequence of events. Megillah derives from the Yiddish megile, which itself comes from the Hebrew word mĕgillāh, meaning "scroll" or "volume."
Meraki is Greek for doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put “something of yourself” into what you're doing, whatever it may be.
Monochopsis is the subtle by persistent feeling of being out of place.
Neologize is to make or use new words or create new meanings for existing words.
Nescience is a lack of knowledge or ignorance.
Nyctophilia the love of the darkness or night.
Perspicacious is having a ready insight into and understanding of things. From Latin perspicax, perspicac which means seeing clearly.
Philomath is a lover of learning.
Phosphenes are the stars you see in your vision.
Pleonasm is the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning either as a fault of style or for emphasis.
Sciential is having efficient knowledge.
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