ambit \AM-bit\ (noun) - 1 : Circuit or compass. 2 : The boundaries or limits of a district or place. 3 : An area in which something acts, operates, or has power or control; extent; sphere; scope.

"We know each other very ...Read More

apocryphal \uh-POK-ruh-fuhl\ (adjective) - 1 : (Bible) Pertaining to the Apocrypha. 2 : Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority or authenticity; equivocal; fictitious; spurious; false.

"'Apocryphal!' exclaimed Rowland...Read More

meticulous \muh-TIK-yuh-luhs\ (adjective) - Extremely or excessively careful about details.

"But then, Eve reflected, from what she knew of Towers, the woman had been meticulous. In her dress, in her work, in maintaining ...Read More

palindrome \PAL-in-drohm\ (noun) - A word, phrase, sentence, or verse that reads the same backward or forward.

"'The palindrome should have been a clue,' Pete Sullivan interrupted, making a chopping gesture at Mavranos. '...Read More

bouleversement \bool-vair-suh-MAWN\ (noun) - Complete overthrow; a reversal; a turning upside down.

"For the second time in his life Amory had had a complete bouleversement and was hurrying into line with his generation."...Read More

impassive \im-PASS-iv\ (adjective) - 1 : Devoid of or unsusceptible to emotion. 2 : Showing no sign of emotion or feeling; expressionless.

"Don Corleone listened like a priest in the confessional, gazing away into the ...Read More