i fell from the sky like the silver rain

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CHARNEL

[noun]

1. a repository for the bones or bodies of the dead; a charnel house.

2. designated room where corpses are placed.

[adjective]

3. ghastly; sepulchral; deathly.

4. resembling, suggesting, or suitable for receiving the dead.

Etymology: from Old French, burial place, from Latin carnālis - fleshly, carnal.

[Davide de Agostini]

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GALIMATIAS

[noun]

1. nonsense; gibberish.

2. confused talk.

3. confused mixture of unrelated things.

Etymology: French, of unknown origin.

[Witit Karpkraikaew]

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VENATIC

[adjective]

1. of or relating to hunting.

2. engaging in hunting for sport or livelihood.

Etymology: Latin vēnāticus; past participle of vēnārī - to hunt.

[iceandsnow]

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DISSILIENT

[adjective]

1. Botany: bursting apart, as some seed pods when ripe.

2. bursting open with force.

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CARDIOGNOST

[noun]

one who knows the workings of the heart; knowing the heart; knowing the secret thoughts of people.

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BEDLAM

[noun]

1. a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.

2. Archaic: an insane asylum or madhouse.

[Molly Crabapple]

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MENTICIDE

[noun]

the systematic effort to undermine and destroy a person’s values and beliefs, as by the use of prolonged interrogation, drugs, torture, etc., and to induce radically different ideas; the reduction of the mind by psychological pressure.

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BALEFIRE

[noun]

an outdoor fire often used as a signal fire; bonfire or beacon-fire.

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bǣlfȳr - funeral fire, from bǣl - pyre + fȳr - fire.

[Martin Wittfooth]

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ESURIENT

[adjective]

hungry; greedy; voracious. 

Etymology: Latin ēsurīre - to be hungry, from edere - to eat.

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