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soliloquysoliloquy/s/s’-lil-’-lil--kwe/-kwe/ n. n.

[<L.,[<L., solus, solus, alone]alone]

1.1. a talking to oneselfa talking to oneself

2.2. lines in a drama spoken by lines in a drama spoken by a character as if to a character as if to himself himself

soliloquysoliloquyThe most famous The most famous soliloquysoliloquy in all of in all of

Shakespeare’s Shakespeare’s plays is Juliet’s plays is Juliet’s

“Romeo, Romeo, “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art wherefore art thou Romeo” thou Romeo”

musings.musings.





valorvalor

/val’-/val’-r/r/ n. n.

[<L.,[<L., valere, valere, be strong]be strong]

1.1. marked courage or marked courage or braverybravery

valorvalorToo often in the Too often in the media we do not media we do not hear about or see hear about or see

images of the images of the vast majority of vast majority of American troops American troops fighting abroad fighting abroad

who display who display dignity and dignity and valorvalor each and every each and every

day.day.


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phantasmagoriaphantasmagoria/fan-taz’-m/fan-taz’-mgor’-e-gor’-e-// n. n.

[Gr. [Gr. Phantasma, to Phantasma, to show + agerein, show + agerein, assembleassemble]]

1.1.A rapid sequence of A rapid sequence of images, as in a dreamimages, as in a dream

phastmagoriaphastmagoria

Many times our Many times our dreams contain dreams contain phantasmagoriphantasmagori

aa that that subconsciously subconsciously confronts our confronts our

fears.fears.





surmisesurmise/s/sr mizr miz’’// vt,vi.vt,vi. [< OFr. [< OFr.

sur-, sur-, upon +upon + mettre mettre, , put]put]

1.1.to guessto guess

surmisesurmiseOne could One could

surmisesurmise that that

Ashlee Ashlee Simpson’s Simpson’s career is career is

nearing an nearing an end.end.




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visagevisage/viz’-ij//viz’-ij/ n. n.

[<L. [<L. viderevidere,see],see]

1.1.the face; countenancethe face; countenance

2.2.aspect; lookaspect; look

visagevisageOne glance at One glance at

the gloved the gloved one’s one’s visagevisage is enough to is enough to

cause cause children to children to

run in terror.run in terror.

Oh, lighten up. It’s just a joke!





entrailsentrails/en’-tralz//en’-tralz/ n.n. [<L. [<L.

interaneus, internalinteraneus, internal]]

1.1.the inner organs; the inner organs; specifically the intestinesspecifically the intestines

entrailsentrailsMany parents are Many parents are

leery of allowing leery of allowing their young their young

children to watch children to watch horror films horror films

because of the because of the entrailsentrails that ooze that ooze

from victims in from victims in the movies.the movies.




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parricideparricide/p/pr’-r’--sid / n. -sid / n.

[<L. [<L. parere, parere, begetbeget + cide, + cide, to killto kill]]

1.1.the act of murdering one’s the act of murdering one’s parent, close relativeparent, close relative

When Erik and When Erik and Lyle Menendez Lyle Menendez were convicted were convicted

ofof parricideparricide, , they begged they begged

for the court’s for the court’s mercy because mercy because

they were they were orphans.orphans.

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