Room

Room Glossary

Chamber

Another word for "room"

Disclose

To make known; no longer secret

Sublime

Emotionally moving

Trivial

Small; unimportant

Fleeting

Short-lived

Empathize

To understand and identify with the feelings of another

Perceive

To view something from a particular perspective

Cherish

To appreciate

Foreclosure

Losing one's home due to not being able to pay the mortgage

Abrasions

Cuts and scratches

Despot

Tyrant

Pallor

Paleness, usually eerie or sickly

Tachycardia

Rapid beating of the heart that can come from physical or psychological stress

Numeracy

The ability to understand and work with numbers

Jamais vous

A sense of alienation from a person or situation that is actually very familiar; confusedness

Hoarse

Scratchy and raw, as of someone's voice when they are sick

Talisman

An object that is said to bring its bearer good fortune

Idiot savant

Someone who knows a great deal about one thing but is otherwise ignorant. Now consider pejorative; "autistic savant" is preferred.

Feral

Uncivilized; not tamed; wild

Bawling

Yelling/crying loudly

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