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Infinite Jest definitions

September 21st, 2008 · No Comments
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Transfix- to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.

Torpid- inactive or sluggish.

Timbre- Acoustics, Phonetics.

Naivete- the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.

Ruminative- to chew the cud, as a ruminant.

Transcends- To pass beyond the limits of: emotions that transcend understanding.

Derisive- characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.

Sangfroid- coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.

Subsidized- to furnish or aid with a subsidy.

Integral- of, pertaining to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.

Prostheses- a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.

Creosote- an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.

Crepuscular- of, pertaining to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct.

Gibbous- Astronomy. (of a heavenly body) convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full.

Astral- pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.

Corrugated- to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges.

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