Category: The Word

Tyro

[ TYE-roh ]

Noun

A beginner in learning
A novice

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The doctor came in with the classic words every patient “longs” to hear.

“Emma, I have some good news and some not so good news.”

Emma rolled her eyes, which was about all she could do. A brace around her neck, a sore throat that made her wish she was one of those firey-sword-swallowers, and only one limb not braced up in a stiff cast—her left leg.

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Immemorial

[ im-uh-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr- ]

Adjective

Extending back beyond memory, record, or knowledge.

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Gustav sat patiently behind the controls of his one-person submarine—one of his designs. As he fumbled with the joy-stick and pushed buttons, two mechanical arms extended from the yellow, spherical bubble that he sat inside.

Tags time travel

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Urticaceous

[ uhr-tih-KAY-shuhs ]

Adjective

Relating to a nettle.
Stinging.

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If an alien took a look at my life, they’d no doubt conclude that the sole purpose of my existence is to find as many different ways to kill a person as possible and to then do it—and they wouldn’t be wrong.

Tags dark spin

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Vaunted

[ VAWN-tud ]

Adjective

highly or widely praised or boasted about

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It was time to bring it home; time to leave them all speechless. Shara took a moment to stare at her notes atop the podium while cameras flashed multiple times a second. She didn’t need to read the notes but wanted to add that extra level of suspense for the press.

Tags future, interesting technology

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Prospicience

[ pros-PIH-shee-ens ]

Noun

The action of looking forward.
Foresight.

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Andy felt his ankle twist and pain followed immediately. A sharp zap traveled up to his leg, and he groaned aloud. Then, he woke up. The pain was just a part of the dream. Looking over to his clock, it was just about time to get up, so he did so rather than rolling over to catch a few more minutes in dreamland.

Tags future, powers