introspection \in-truh-SPEK-shuhn\ (noun) - The act or process of self-examination; contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings; a looking inward.

"One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by ...Read More

aggress \uh-GRES\ (intransitive verb) - To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to make an attack.

"No, sir. We know they exist, of course, because we trade with them for chairs and bottles, and we know there are...Read More

osculation \os-kyuh-LAY-shuhn\ (noun) - The act of kissing; also: a kiss.

"Within a week fifty thousand women in forty counties had pictured to themselves this osculation of intellects, and shrugged their shoulders, and ...Read More

mores \MOR-ayz; -eez\ (plural noun) - 1 : The fixed customs of a particular group that are morally binding upon all members of the group. 2 : Moral attitudes. 3 : Customs; habits; ways.

"After him I love
More than I...Read More

chimerical \ky-MER-ih-kuhl; -MIR-; kih-\ (adjective) - 1 : Merely imaginary; produced by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; fantastic; improbable or unrealistic. 2 : Given to or indulging in unrealistic fantasies ...Read More

upbraid \uhp-BRAYD\ (transitive verb) - To scold or criticize harshly.

"Verily, I have taken from you a hundred formulae and your virtue's favourite playthings; and now ye upbraid me, as children upbraid." -- Friedrich ...Read More