Words

Here's the list of words I never got to use, as promised. I may have used "nigh."

indefatigable (in-duh-FAT-ih-guh-buhl) - incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring

jnana (juh-NAH-nuh) - absolute knowledge acquired through meditation and study as a means of reaching Brahman; a state of awareness independent of conceptual thought

defenestrate (dee-FEN-uh-strayt) - to throw out a window

encomium (should be obvious) - glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise

endoplasmic reticulum (rhymes with tendoplasmic reticulum) - a system of interconnected vesicular and lamellar cytoplasmic membranes that functions especially in the transport of materials within the cell and that is studded with ribosomes in some places

nigh (nahy) - near in space, time, or relation

hadal (HEYD-l) - of or pertaining to the greatest ocean depths, below approximately 20,000 ft

verisimilitude (ver-uh-sih-MIL-ih-tood) - the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability


I was going to use all these words in an anecdote about how I had a 75-second pee yesterday after Iron Man 2, but there's no way. "Nigh" and "hadal" are good short words to know, but apparently oil leaks don't occur at hadal depths and Titanics only sink to half-hadal depths. I love "defenestrate" because it sounds like a combination of "castrate" and "defecate" yet has nothing to do with testes. "Verisimilitude" is a word you learn in high school that would come in handy when talking about movies if anybody understood what the hell "verisimilitude" meant.