Lunacy
Lunacy lu·na·cy /ˈlo͞onəsē/ Noun insanity; madness “Anger is a brief lunacy, so control your passion or it will control you.” – Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC – 8 BC)
Repose
Repose re·pose /rəˈpōz/ Noun/Verb noun rest, peace, sleep “Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882) verb 1. to lay, to place “It matters not what goal you seek – its secret here reposes: you’ve got to dig from week to week – to get results... Read More
Perpetual
Perpetual per·pet·u·al /pərˈpeCH(əw)əl/ Adjective never ceasing, continuous “Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.” – Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860)
Protean
Protean pro·te·an /ˈprōdēən/ Adjective adaptable, changeable, versatile “In all of its varied and protean forms, love is the tether binding our whirling lives.” – A General Theory of Love (2000) by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon
Error
Error er·ror /ˈerər/ Noun 1. a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech “An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” – Orlando A. Battista (1917 – 1995) 2. a belief in what is untrue “The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.” – Georg Brandes (1842... Read More
Lens
Lens lens /lenz/ Noun 1. a piece of curved glass or other transparent material used to focus or disperse light rays “We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.” – Madeleine Kunin (1933 – ) 2. a part of the eye that focuses light rays to form an image on the retina “The... Read More
Gusto
Gusto gus·to /ˈɡəstō/ Noun enthusiastic vigor, especially in doing something “To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.” – Og Mandino (1923 – 1996)
Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition jux·ta·po·si·tion /ˌjəkstəpəˈziSHən/ Noun 1. the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side “Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.” – Max Ernst (1891 – 1976) 2. the state of being placed “Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition; they have only a communal existence; and not only... Read More
Struggle
Struggle strug·gle /ˈstrəɡ(ə)l/ Noun/Verb noun the fight, the effort, the pains “The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.” – Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) verb to continue to try, enduring failure and set backs “We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.” – Robert G. Allen (1902... Read More
Probability
Probability prob·a·bil·i·ty /ˌprɑː.bəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/ Noun the chance an event will occur, likelihood “It is a part of probability that many improbable things will happen.” – Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)