Words from The Final Solution by Michael Chabon: p50 tatterdemalion - noun: 1. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person. / adjective: 2. ragged; unkempt or dilapidated. p65 fatuous - adjective: 1. foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly. p68 ambit - noun: 1. circumference; circuit. 2. boundary; limit. 3. a sphere of operation or influence; range; scope p75 mundungus - noun: malodorous tobacco. p77 "on the jakes" - anyone know what this means? I can't figure it out. p85 ecru - adjective: very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc. p88 aspergillum - noun: An instrument, such as a brush or a perforated container, used for sprinkling holy water. p90 bibulous - adjective: 1. fond of or addicted to drink. 2. absorbent; spongy. p92 synod - noun: 1. A council or an assembly of church officials or churches; an ecclesiastical council. 2. A council or an assembly. p98 gephyrophobia p105 fauteuils p107 ignis fatuus p114 intransigence p122 susurrus Words from The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham: p160 umbrageous - 1. creating or providing shade; shady: an umbrageous tree. 2. easily offended; irritable. p163 bombazine - noun: 1. A fine twilled fabric of silk and worsted or cotton, often dyed black and used for mourning clothes. Words from Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos: p225 peregrinate - To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot. p227 Sturm und Drang Words from In the Beginning...was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson: p71 eldritch - adj. Strange or unearthly; eerie. p93 lucubration - n. laborious work, study, thought, etc., esp. at night. Words from The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley: p 19 cozening must mean swindling? p 22 limner p 174 persiflage p 176 on the qui vive p 91 ratiocination From The Genizah at the House of Shepher by Tamar Yellin: inanition 1. exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation; 2. lack of vigor; lethargy.