Word Lists

The Book of Air and Shadows

created 7/27/2008 : last updated 8/2/2008

by Steven M.(Olathe, KS)

A selection of words I encountered while reading Michael Gruber's best-seller. (Some common words are listed for Mr. Gruber's usage of their uncommon definitions. Seek them out.) For architectural, aesthetic, textile, etc., terms, I suggest doing an image search for visual associations.

abash

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, Full GRE, words MAT, word list

abscond

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE High Frequency Words, GRE remedial list large, GRE Prep

acedia

Also appears in: Heteronym, The Book of Air and Shadows

acerbity

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, GRE Prep, Full GRE, sd gre list

acme

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, Full GRE, acme, words MAT

affinity

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, Interactive Media World, Full GRE, Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT

afflatus

Also appears in: vocabulary, two, k1, woebegone, run-down, afflatus

affray

Also appears in: k4, A-list, affray, Words to Ponder

ambit

Also appears in: Word bag, venerate, gre6, GRE MEG

Anglophilia

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

anorak

Also appears in: vocabulary, two, The Book of Air and Shadows

apogee

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, Full GRE, GRE Baron part 1, Miller Analogies

ardor

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, Wordmasters 2007-2008 - 7th Gold - B, Daily Words, Full GRE

arrant

Also appears in: word list, list 2, GRE great wordlist, Vocab 5000 part #1

art deco

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows, Art Dictionary - A

astringent

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE Barron's Part 1, GRE High Frequency Words, GRE remedial list large

atavist

Also appears in: atavist, The Book of Air and Shadows

avuncular

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, Full GRE, avuncular, GRE Baron part 1

badinage

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Full GRE, B-list, humor

banal

Also appears in: GRE STUDY GUIDE, GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE Barron's Part 1, interesting

banquette

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

beaux arts

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

bitter

Also appears in: Full GRE, Feelings List, GRE List 2, News words

bracken

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

breviary

Also appears in: Everett's word list, Looked up words, one, The Book of Air and Shadows

brocade

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, GRE remedial list large, Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, GRE Baron part 1

brouhaha

Also appears in: Fodder For Writing, The Book of Air and Shadows

bumf

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

bumptious

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, Vocab 5000 part #2, quixotic, smitten, infatuated

burgess

Also appears in: Word Mastery for Ivy League Vocabulary, Vocab 5000 part #2, Ivy League Vocabulary, Word Mastery

burka

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

cachet

Also appears in: Byrd's Practice Words, C-list, aficionado, arch, artful, C-pr

cad

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

cadge

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, GRE Prep, GRE, Miscellaneous

caitiff

Also appears in: vocabulary, two, Word Mastery for Ivy League Vocabulary, Vocab 5000 part #2

calliope

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

canoodle

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

chattel

Also appears in: Vocab 5000 part #2, Intellectual words, name for a publisher of comics, k5

chenille

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

chivy

Also appears in: vocabulary, two, GRE great wordlist, lianna xx

churl

Also appears in: Romeo and Juliet (5.1.43-End), GRE Prep, todays word, sd gre list

cloistral

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

coda

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE High Frequency Words, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd, virtuosity, coda

coffer

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, Collection of Words, abase, abate, abdicate, WM Gr. 5 Blue Division Meet One

colloquy

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Byrd's Practice Words, Vocab 5000 part #2, GRE Barron's Part 2

commodious

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE High Frequency Words, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd, Everett's word list

complaisant

Also appears in: GRE High Frequency Words, GRE remedial list large, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd, Vocab 5000 part #2

comport

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE remedial list large, Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, Vocab 5000 part #2

concordat

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 2, remediable, indefatigably, aphorise, k5, C-list

concupiscence

Also appears in: Lovely Things, syncretism, Everett's word list, Daily Words

confrere

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

conscript

Also appears in: Vocab 5000 part #2, GRE Barron's Part 2, providence, assiduous, uxorious, Heteronym

continence

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Word bag, Vocab 5000 part #2, GRE Barron's Part 2

conventicle

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

coping stone

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

cottage industry

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

coxcomb

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

cozen

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Everett's word list, Verbs, GRE Barron's Part 2

craven

Also appears in: GRE STUDY GUIDE, GMAT Vocabulary A-D, interesting, Gre words 2007

curry favor

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

deaccession

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

debauched

Also appears in: cardinal, concupiscence, cacoethes, aberrant, The Book of Air and Shadows

decoupage

Also appears in: Favorite Words, The Book of Air and Shadows, 1, Latin Root

demimonde

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

demotic

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 2, k5, GRE Super 4800 Plus, GRE Wordlist 13

demur

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE Problem Words, GRE remedial list large, GRE Prep

demurrer

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

denigration

Also appears in: 2008-02-13 (Word List - 1.01), The Book of Air and Shadows, Conservapedia

denouement

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, d2-list, Words

desiccated

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

despoil

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE remedial list large, d3-list, GRE Barron's Part 2

desultory

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE Problem Words, GRE High Frequency Words, GRE remedial list large

dicker

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

diffident

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE Problem Words, GRE High Frequency Words, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd

discomfited

Also appears in: words, VT Words 1e, VT Words 1f, smart

dissemble

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE High Frequency Words, Word Masters Feb, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd

divers

Also appears in: k1, Heteronym, smart, The Book of Air and Shadows

dole

Also appears in: Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, welfare, social welfare, social insurance, The Book of Air and Shadows, 20080910

don

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 2, Odyssey, Books 9-12, D-list, D-pr

dross

Also appears in: k4, GRE Super 4800 Plus, GRE Wordlist 15, Full GRE

dubiety

Also appears in: Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, dubiety, interstitial, tendentious

dyskinesia

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

ensconce

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, SAT Wordlist 1 Group 5, e2-list, GRE remedial list 4 Sept 07

entropy

Also appears in: nursing 804, praxis nursing 804, Philosphy, The Book of Air and Shadows

epicene

Also appears in: new 2, one, ep, epi, eph (over, above, near, upon, on, at, before, after), E-list

equivocation

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary E-M, Daily Words, Word List 1, equivocation

eviscerate

Also appears in: book words, Looked up words, list 2, k1

exogamy

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

expatiate

Also appears in: GRE words, vocabulary, two, Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT

expiation

Also appears in: GRE words, GRE great wordlist, Kushiels Scion, latest list

factotum

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Daily Words, my list 3, General

Falstaffian

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

fardel

Also appears in: Everett's word list, one, The Book of Air and Shadows, brisance, fardel, decoct

farrago

Also appears in: Everett's word list, 2008-02-13 (Word List - 1.01), April 18,2007, April 19,2007

fictive

Also appears in: meninges, fictive, plenary, senesce

flagellation

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

flyleaf

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

fox

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

fusillade

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, f2-list, GRE remedial list 4 Sept 07, GRE remedial list 15 Sept 07

gaumless

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

gelt

Also appears in: Everett's word list, one, The Book of Air and Shadows

gentrification

Also appears in: gentrification, shady, The Book of Air and Shadows

gentry

Also appears in: GRE Barron's part 3, k3, GRE Super 4800 Plus, Full GRE

germane

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary E-M, GRE words, GRE Prep, Word bag

gewgaw

Also appears in: free rice, The Book of Air and Shadows

glissando

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

grandee

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows, Doctor Dictionary

grotty

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

harangue

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary E-M, GRE Problem Words, GRE High Frequency Words, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd

harridan

Also appears in: Wordmasters 1, H-list, The Book of Air and Shadows, Doctor Dictionary

heterodox

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, vocabulary, two, Daily Words

ignoble

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary E-M, GRE words, Mood Words, Ayn Randt

importunate

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, GRE remedial list 4 Sept 07, GRE remedial list 15 Sept 07

imprecation

Also appears in: GRE words, GRE Problem Words, GRE remedial list large, Collection of Words

inane

Also appears in: GRE words, Word Masters Feb, syncretism, New Word List

incipient

Also appears in: GRE words, GRE remedial list large, GRE Prep, Adjectives

intifada

Also appears in: Everett's word list, one, The Book of Air and Shadows

introjection

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

jack

Also appears in: The Itch, The Book of Air and Shadows

jag

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

kibitz

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows, Crossword list, German Words in the English language, german words

larder

Also appears in: GRE Prep, sd gre list, GRE Barron's part 4, GRE Super 4800 Plus

lavaliere

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

legerdemain

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Nan's favorites, Text Animation Ideas, Collection of Words

locution

Also appears in: locution, locution - "awesome" was a locution of my youth, short saying, GRE

lorry

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

lubricious

Also appears in: word list, list 2, momentous, prominent, magnanimous, surreptitious, furtive, malingering

malfeasance

Also appears in: Byrd's Practice Words, agnostic, malfeasance, petulant, list, March list

malmsey

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

maunder

Also appears in: GRE Prep, sd gre list, k5, tarradiddle, tommyrot, maunder

mercer

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

mien

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary E-M, GMAT wordlist, k4, M-list

mortify

Also appears in: Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, words 1, word list, m1-list

muniments

Also appears in: smart, The Book of Air and Shadows

nullity

Also appears in: N-list, The Book of Air and Shadows

ossuary

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

pale

Also appears in: Human Resources, Description Words, The Book of Air and Shadows

palimpsest

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Words I couldn't live without, Spelling Bee Words, GRE Barron's Part 6

pannier

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

pasha

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

pastiche

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, vocabulary, two, GRE Barron's Part 6

peccadillo

Also appears in: GRE words, GRE Problem Words, Miscellaneous, GRE4

peccant

Also appears in: Everett's word list, Word Mastery for Ivy League Vocabulary, Ivy League Vocabulary, fancy

pecuniary

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, GRE Barron's Part 6, GMAT Vocabulary N-S, Miller Analogies

pedant

Also appears in: Top GRE Words, GRE Barron's Part 6, Schadenfreude, GRE Problem Words

perfidy

Also appears in: GRE words, GRE Prep, Schadenfreude, GRE-EXAM-PREP

philanderer

Also appears in: GRE Super 4800 Plus, Full GRE, The Book of Air and Shadows

pillion

Also appears in: vocabulary, two, pillion, Oddballs

piste

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

plinth

Also appears in: underpin - joe, The Book of Air and Shadows

plumb

Also appears in: GRE words, GRE Barron's Part 6, Smirnov Wordlist part 2, GMAT Vocabulary N-S

plutocrat

Also appears in: plutocrat, imperialism, The Book of Air and Shadows

post horn

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

preamble

Also appears in: GRE High Frequency Words, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd, GRE Super 4800 Plus, Full GRE

prig

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

prim

Also appears in: GRE words, GRE Prep, GRE Problem Words, prissy, prim, dainty

prix fixe

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

probative

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

propensity

Also appears in: GRE High Frequency Words, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd, GRE Prep, GRE Barron's Part 6

proselytize

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 6, word list 1, p2-list, GMAT Vocabulary N-S

proviso

Also appears in: p2-list, GMAT Vocabulary N-S, k3, GRE Super 4800 Plus

purview

Also appears in: purview, knowledge, Mrs. Sander / Sadlier 2, Frequently Found in Legal Argument

putative

Also appears in: GRE STUDY GUIDE, interesting, GRE remedial list large, Word bag

quarto

Also appears in: Word Mastery for Ivy League Vocabulary, Ivy League Vocabulary, Word Mastery, GGroovy List

rake

Also appears in: Byrd's Practice Words, GRE Barron's Part 6, aficionado, arch, artful, GRE Super 4800 Plus

recalcitrant

Also appears in: GRE words, Mood Words, GRE High Frequency Words, Word Masters Feb

recusancy

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

recusant

Also appears in: dissentient, dissident, recusant, dissenting, dissident, recusant, recusant, dissident, dissenter, recusant

redress

Also appears in: GRE Problem Words, gre, Beowulf, Lines 1001-end, Collection of Words

russet

Also appears in: Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, The Book of Air and Shadows

scant

Also appears in: S-list, valor, skimp, scant, scant, The Book of Air and Shadows

screed

Also appears in: k3, screed, palimpsest, quotidian

shrive

Also appears in: one, The Book of Air and Shadows

simulacrum

Also appears in: S-list, Spelling Bee Words, Everett's word list, simulacrum, verisimilitude, somniferous

skein

Also appears in: Looked up words, The Book of Air and Shadows, how to say good bye, steve w's words

skulk

Also appears in: S-list, words MAT, GRE Barron's part 5, GRE Barron's part 7

slake

Also appears in: GRE words, S-list, Word bag, GRE Problem Words

slew

Also appears in: S-list, Byrd's Practice Words, Butterfly, slew

sot

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

spoor

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

stint

Also appears in: GRE words, GRE High Frequency Words, S-list, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd

sward

Also appears in: Everett's word list, one, The Book of Air and Shadows

tableau

Also appears in: Word Mastery for Ivy League Vocabulary, Ivy League Vocabulary, T-list, Mike list

tenement

Also appears in: list 3, T-list, Mike list, The Book of Air and Shadows

thoroughgoing

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows, complete, make full, fill up

timorous

Also appears in: GRE words, Mood Words, Book Search 2.8.07, apprehension, autocracy, perseverance

transgress

Also appears in: GRE words, nurture, transgress, comply

trestle table

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

trite

Also appears in: GRE STUDY GUIDE, interesting, GRE words, VFA 12 - Usual & Unusual

trope

Also appears in: Words I couldn't live without, fun, trope, Recluse

tureen

Also appears in: GRE Barron's part 8, k2, GRE Super 4800 Plus, Full GRE

turgid

Also appears in: GRE STUDY GUIDE, interesting, Hiaason "Tourist Season", GRE words

twaddle

Also appears in: GRE Prep, matilda, matilda section 1, pretentious,silly,deceiving

varlet

Also appears in: The Book of Air and Shadows

vouchsafe

Also appears in: Everett's word list, GRE Problem Words, gre5, GRE Barron's part 8

wheedle

Also appears in: GRE Prep, GRE remedial list large part two, GRE remedial list 4 Sept 07, GRE remedial list 15 Sept 07

withal

Also appears in: ribaldry, multifariousness, sputter, The Book of Air and Shadows

wretched

Also appears in: Ranc C&Rank D, precipice, wretched, frump, W-list, dysphoric words

wry

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 6, Word List 1, Odyssey, Books 17-20, GRE Barron's part 8

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