The Infinite Sea

The Infinite Sea Glossary

Prawn

Various types of sea-dwelling shrimp

Seraphic

Resembling a type of angel

Delusional

Believing a false idea

Sadistic

Taking pleasure in someone else's pain

Winnowing

To remove things from a group according to a certain criteria

Beatific

With a blissful appearance

Intricacies

Being complex

Lymphatic

Sluggish

Hibernation

The condition of spending the winter asleep

Cyanide

A lethal poison

Augmenting

Making something larger

Baptized

Having received a baptism or christening

Foxhole

A hole in the ground where soldiers hide during combat

Evolution

Change over time from one form to another

Paranoia

The psychological condition of feeling constantly afraid that people are out to get you

Colliculus

An anatomical prominence, usually referring to areas in the brain involved with vision and hearing

Supernova

A bright, exploded star

Laxative

A drug or medicine used to loosen the bowels

Servitude

The state of being a slave or subject to someone more powerful

Alabaster

A white stone

Impaled

To pierce

Bizarre

Strange

Quiver

To tremble

Cynical

Distrustful

Naive

Innocent

Haughty

Arrogantly superior

Pious

Devout

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