Jan 8, 2010

Random Words from reading books

apostasy
a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc.
Mex: My apostasy from Christianity was unexpected for my family
ingénue
the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, esp. as represented on the stage.
penultimate
next to the last
: the penultimate scene of the play.
: As usual, Dean talked a mile a minute, in rapid, rippling, pyrrhic lines whose only stress fell on the last or penultimate syllable.
boreal
1.of or pertaining to the north wind.
2.of or pertaining to the north.