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grok
[grok]
to understand thoroughly and intuitively

convey
[kuhn-vey]
to communicate; impart; make known

heuristic
[hyoo-ris-tik]
encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error

infinitesimal
[in-fin-i-tes-uh-muhl]
extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

spondee
[spon-dee]
in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

diegetic
[dahy-uh-jet-ik]
(of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters

logorrhea
[law-guh-ree-uh]
pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech; incessant or compulsive talkativeness

dodecahedron
[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn]
a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

raconteur
[rak-uhn-tur]
a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.

synecdoche
[si-nek-duh-kee]
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

vindicate
[vin-di-keyt]
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like

irrefragable
[ih-ref-ruh-guh-buhl]
not to be disputed or contested

tarantism
[tar-uhn-tiz-uhm]
a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula

zoomorphic
[zoh-uh-mawr-fik]
of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal

gawk
[gawk]
to stare stupidly; gape

corrie
[kor-ee]
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain