This is a list of words that you might not know, so I put their meanings for you to learn. This is a complicated book, so I wanted to make navigating it easier for you. It's fun to learn new words, and the context of the poems will be understood better. (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

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1. love does that to you

i. anachronistic: belonging to a period other than being portrayed.

ii. accismus: an ironic rhetorical device, in which one feigns indifference.

iii. cacophonous: involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

iv. draconian: usually harsh or severe.

v. limerence: of being obsessively infatuated with someone.

vi. pareidolia: a situation in which someone sees a pattern or image of something that does not exist.

vii. rispote: a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.

viii. sanctimony: affected piety or righteousness; righteous hypocrisy.

ix. serendipity: phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.

x. verisimilitude: the appearance of being true or real.

2. never meant to be

xi. construed: interpret (a word or action) in a particular way.

xii. mendacious: not telling the truth; lying.

xiii. ineptitude: lack of skill or ability.

xiv. quotidian: of a daily occurrence.

xv. travesty: a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

xvi. bedevil: (of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to.

xvii. furtive: secretive; attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble.

xviii. phlegmatic: having an unemotional or calm disposition.

xix. pertinacious: holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action.

xx. idiosyncratic: a peculiar individual.

xxi. eudaimonia: a combination of well-being, happiness, and flourishing.

3. fell in love

xxii. quaint: attractively old-fashioned; strange in an interesting or pleasing way.

xxii. camaraderie: the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.

xxiii. surreptitiously: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.

xxiv. fortuitous: occurring by happy chance; no apparent cause.

xxv. candor: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.

xxvi. abstruse: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge.

xxvii. protean: taking on different forms of thinking.

xxvii. gallivant: wander aimlessly in search of pleasure.

xxviii. staid: characterized by dignity and propriety.

xxix. sanguine: confidently optimistic and cheerful.

xxx. quixotically: not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic.

xxxi. fortitude: strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.

xxxii. maverick: independent in behavior or thought.

xxxvii. assiduousness: marked by care and persistent effort.

4. where i could never be yours

xxxviii. laconic: the style of speaking that typically uses very few words.

xxxiv. expedient: convenient and practical means of attaining an end that may be improper or immoral.

xxxv. antithesis: a person or thing that is opposite of someone or something else.

xxxvi. ambivalent: having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

xxxvii. aggrandize: to great or greater; to enlarge or increase.

xxxviii. achilles's heel: a fatal weakness or vulnerability.

xxxix. yearn: have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically one that has been lost or separated from.

xl. wanton: lewd or unrestrained sexual behavior.

xli. ebullient: cheerful and full of energy.

xlii. egregious: extremely bad in a noticeable way.

xliii. engender: cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).

xliv. evince: reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); indicate.

5. liberation of the soul

lvii. cajole: persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

xlviii. pinnacle: the most successful point; the culmination.

xlix. pulchritudinous: used of persons only; having great physical beauty.

l. negligent: failing to take proper care of something.

li. pithy: (of language or style) terse and vigorously expressive.

lii. grandiose: impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so.

liii. quiver: tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.

liv. arrant: complete, utter.

lv. obfuscate: make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.

lvi. staunch: very loyal and committed in attitude.

lvii. equivocation: the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.

lviii. intangible: unable to be touched; not having a physical presence.

lix. liberate: set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression.

lx. abrogate: repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).

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6. give you space

lxi. scintillate: emit flashes of light; sparkle.

lxii. kopfkino: imagination; mental images that imagine how events will unfold.

lxiii. amorevolous: affectionate; loving.

lxiv. retrouvaille: the happiness of meeting someone very dear to you after a long time.

lxv. platitudinously: dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality.

lxvi. trite: lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse.