Cycle of Hatred

From Cycle of Hatred by Keith R. A. DeCandido


re·lin·quish
tr.v. re·lin·quished, re·lin·quish·ing, re·lin·quish·es

1. To retire from; give up or abandon.
2. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended).
3. To let go; surrender.
4. To cease holding physically; release: relinquish a grip.

pro·nounce·ment
n.

1. A formal expression of opinion; a judgment.
2. An authoritative statement.

dal·li·ance
n.

1. Frivolous spending of time; dawdling.
2. Playful flirtation.

fal·la·cy
n. pl. fal·la·cies

1. A false notion.
2. A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
3. Incorrectness of reasoning or belief; erroneousness.
4. The quality of being deceptive.

ar·ti·fice
n.

1. An artful or crafty expedient; a stratagem. See Synonyms at wile.
2. Subtle but base deception; trickery.
3. Cleverness or skill; ingenuity.

de·rive
v. de·rived, de·riv·ing, de·rives
v. tr.

1. To obtain or receive from a source.
2. To arrive at by reasoning; deduce or infer: derive a conclusion from facts.
3. To trace the origin or development of (a word).
4. Linguistics. To generate (a surface structure) from a deep structure.
5. Chemistry. To produce or obtain (a compound) from another substance by chemical reaction.

v. intr.

To issue from a source; originate. See Synonyms at stem¹.

fa·cil·i·tate
tr.v. fa·cil·i·tat·ed, fa·cil·i·tat·ing, fa·cil·i·tates

To make easy or easier: political agreements that facilitated troop withdrawals.
Note: Remember Latin 'facil' - "easy"

dir·i·gi·ble
n.

See airship.

tab·leau
n. pl. tab·leaux or tab·leaus

1. A vivid or graphic description: The movie was a tableau of a soldier's life.
2. A striking incidental scene, as of a picturesque group of people: “New public figures suddenly abound in the hitherto faceless totalitarian tableaux” (John McLaughlin).
3. An interlude during a scene when all the performers on stage freeze in position and then resume action as before.
4. A tableau vivant.

su·et
n.

The hard fatty tissues around the kidneys of cattle and sheep, used in cooking and for making tallow.

erst·while
adv.

In the past; at a former time; formerly.

adj.

Former: our erstwhile companions.

syc·o·phant
n.

A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [syn: toady, crawler, lackey]

fer·vent
adj.

1. Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent: fervent protests; a fervent admirer.
2. Extremely hot; glowing.

pros·pect
n.

1. Something expected; a possibility.
2. prospects
   1. Chances.
   2. Financial expectations, especially of success.
3. 1. A potential customer, client, or purchaser.
   2. A candidate deemed likely to succeed.
4. The direction in which an object, such as a building, faces; an outlook.
5. Something presented to the eye; a scene: a pleasant prospect.
6. The act of surveying or examining.
7. 1. The location or probable location of a mineral deposit.
   2. An actual or probable mineral deposit.
   3. The mineral yield obtained by working an ore.

mi·as·ma
n. pl. mi·as·mas or mi·as·ma·ta (-m-t)

1. A noxious atmosphere or influence: “The family affection, the family expectations, seemed to permeate the atmosphere... like a coiling miasma” (Louis Auchincloss).
2. 1. A poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from swamps and putrid matter and cause disease.
   2. A thick vaporous atmosphere or emanation: wreathed in a miasma of cigarette smoke.

Useful terms and phrases:
fallacy and artifice
to be disheartened
sheer force
dissipate
concurrently
to gaze at coolly
sputter or stammer (for "stutter")
to enthrall