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callow
lacking experience
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proliferate
cause to grow or increase rapidly
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burgeoned
flourished, grew, develop quickly
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prodigious
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
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demijohn
large bottle with a short narrow neck
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surrogate
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others, substitute
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sententiously
in a pithy sententious manner; a short self-righteous moralizing expression
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deferential
respectful and polite in a submissive way as to authority
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viviparous
bearing/producing living young (not eggs)
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largesse
generously giving gifts, contributions
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superfluous
more than is needed, desired, or required; something that serves no purpose
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decanting
pouring liquid off the top when sediment has settled to the bottom
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hypnopedia
teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep)
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sibilant
a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
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inculcate
teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; instill by repetition
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imperative
some duty that is essential and urgent; requiring attention
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apertures
openings (gaps/holes/slits)
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maudlin
overly sentimental
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surreptitious
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; in secret
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effusive
extravagantly demonstrative without restrain, use of much expression
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discarnate
having no material body or form; spiritual
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evocation
imaginative re-creation; eliciting/calling forth
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pneumatic
well rounded, voluptuous, curvy
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squalid
foul and run-down and repulsive; morally degraded
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incongruous
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; out of place; without harmony
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simian
relating to or resembling an ape; monkeylike
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ruminating
meditating; thinking, contemplation, reflection.
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incandescence
light from heat; shining/glowing light from heat
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satiety
the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more; full or beyond point of satisfaction
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asceticism
rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
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