perspicacity: keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration. Found in In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson.
insalubrious: unfavorable to health; unwholesome. Found in In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson.
ineffable: incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; not to be uttered; taboo
lachrymose: suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful; given to shedding tears readily; tearful. Found in The King of Atolia by Megan Whalen Turner.
eviscerate: 1) to remove the entrails from; disembowel 2) to deprive of vital or essential parts 3) surgery--to remove the contents of (a body organ). Found in The King of Atolia by Megan Whalen Turner.
excrescence: 1) an abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body. 2) a normal outgrowth, as hair or horns. 3) any disfiguring addition. 4) abnormal growth or increase. Used by George Leigh Mallory, found on the National Geographic web site.
This picture was taken about 3:30. The snow has mostly stopped, but there are still a few flurries. What everything will be like in the morning remains to be seen.
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