…the dead—and the living who live in the wake and churn of the world and words around them—deserve compassion, not condemnation. The least I can do—the least we can do—is honor them with the small gift of our words most carefully chosen.
Unpaired Words
To simplify a bit, words that appear as if they should have an opposite but do not (such as disheveled).
volcano
/vol-KAY-no/ noun. The center of a subterranean eruption, usually, but not always, of molten rock, that is often, but not always, basically conical in shape.
ineffable
/in-EF-uh-buhl/ adjective. Too great or powerful to be described. Inexpressible. Unutterable. Unspeakable.
chiaroscuro
chiaroscuro /kee-ar-uh-SKYER-oh/. noun. Literally, the composition of light and shade or black and white in a painting or picture; figuratively to describe deep contrast.
Fake (and Fake News)
fake /FAYK/. adjective or noun or verb. Not genuine. A counterfeit or forgery. To pretend. To produce a counterfeit.
Beyond the Pale
Beyond the Pale. Outside the boundaries of acceptable behavior.
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