Nicolas Anderson

Sojourn

• noun.
• a temporary stay
• They came to sojourn in the land of Egypt.
• Synonyms: visit, vacation, rest, stopover, layover, nomad, rest, stay, residence

vile

• adjective
• repulsive or disgusting
• Perhaps the worst thing in the world is that vile odor coming from that room.
• synonyms: disgusting, horrid, humiliating, miserable, appalling, nasty, noxious, revolting, shocking, ugly, vulgar, disgraceful, sleazy

Haven

• noun
• any place of shelter and safety
• Let's get to the haven which is in our house in Frankfurt, Germany.
• synonyms: asylum, retreat, sanctuary, shelter, cover, harbor, port, anchorage, covert, sanctum

Hedonist

• noun
• a person whose life is dedicated to the pursuit of happiness
• The Pastor John Piper is a Christian Hedonist because he wrote a book called "Desiring God" which is the meditations of a Christian Hedonist
• synonyms: sybarite, sensualist, voluptuary, epicure

Valet

• noun
• a male servant to take care of the personal needs of his employer: a manservant
• There is a valet at the door and he has something to say to you.
• Synonyms: servant, manservant, lackey, butler, nobleman, attendant, gentleman

Naugahyde

• noun
• a brand of strong vinyl-coated fabric made to look like leather and used for upholstery, luggage, etc.
• The seats are Naugahyde and need to be moved before they get dirty.
• synonyms: I couldn't find any

Blarney

• noun
• deceptive, misleading, flattering, wheedling talk.
• There is a lot of blarney about why he was a speaker.
• synonyms: coax, deception, flattery,

CAvil

• noun
• A raising of trivial, annoying, objections
• The cavil was the most horrible thing that happened in the congress today.
• synonyms: carp, complain, criticize

Quixotic

• adjective
• extravagantly romantic; impractical, impracticable
• Why are you all so quixotic all the time?
• synonyms: fanciful, fantastic, imaginary, visionary, impractical, impracticable, dreamy, foolish, impulsive.

preprandial

• adjective
• before a meal, especially before dinner
• He took a preprandial glass of wiskey
• synonyms: before, prandial

syzygy

• noun
• an alignment of 3 celestial objects, such as the sun, the earth, and the moon.
• A syzygy in the sun-earth-moon solar system occurs at the time of the time of full moon and new moon
• synonyms: none

Quidnunc

• noun
• A person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip
• Besides the quidnunc and the lawyer another group of production now appeared demanding to get the job done.
• synonyms: gossip, busybody, rumormonger

Schlemiel

• noun
• A person for whom things never turned out right.
• The Schlemiel is at it again!
• synonyms: dumbell, blockhead, jerk, ignoramus, idiot, goof,

Mollify

• verb
• to soften in feeling or temper, as a person
• That guy had to mollify him from his anger, hatred, and grudge against that one person over there.
• synonyms: lessen, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, lull, blunt, pacify, placate, temper, relieve, quell, cool, abate, calm, compose, cushion, decrease, diminish, modify, quiet, reduce

penitent

• adjective
• feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment
• The penitent man was finally evangilized.
• synonyms: repentant, contrite, remorseful, rueful, sorrowful, sorry, regretful, abject, compunctious