Temperance.

Temperance is an essential part of the Eightfold Path.

barnburner \BAHRN-bur-ner\, noun:

1. Something that is highly exciting or impressive.

A lot of learning comes from adversity.

reconnoiter \ree-kuh-NOI-ter\, verb:

1. To make an inspection or observation.

2. To inspect, observe, or survey

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ad rem \ad REM\, adverb:

1. Without digressing; in a straightforward manner.

2. Relevant; pertinent.

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Portuguese KEF one year ago.

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cosmogony \koz-MOG-uh-nee\, noun:

Cosmogony

-A theory or story of the origin and development of the universe.

Cosmogony stems from the Greek kosmogonia meaning "creation of the world," from kosmos "world, universe" and -gonia "a begetting."

.and good things will come.

Woolgathering \WOOL-gath-(uh)-ring\, noun:

Indulgence in idle daydreaming.
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eisegesis \ahy-si-JEE-sis\, noun:

An interpretation that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.

Attempts to see profound or subtle distinctions between kinds of belief in these two lines border upon eisegesis.
-- Raymond Edward Brown, The Epistles of John

This is mere eisegesis, forcing one's own prejudices onto the text.
-- Ed Christian, Joyful Noise

Eisegesis enters English in the 1900s in reference to Biblical studies as the opposite of exegesis, "critical interpretation of a text, especially of the Bible."

pangram \PAN-gruhm\, noun:

A sentence, verse, etc., that includes all the letters of the alphabet.

Formerly Utopianna, the country's name was changed in 1904 to honor native son Nevin Nollop, the author of the popular pangram sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
-- Mark Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea: a novel in letters

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sojourn \SOH-juhrn; so-JURN\, intransitive verb:

1. To stay as a temporary resident; to dwell for a time.

2. A temporary stay.

Sojourn is my past 4 months. Glad I am okay with it, and actually I enjoy it.
 I am back in San Francisco but sleeping on a sofa, and living out of a suitcase until months end. The living room looks like a bomb went off with the past 4 months of my life in messy piles on the sofa and the surrounding floor.

Foofaraw \FOO-fuh-raw\, noun:

1. Excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.

2. A fuss over a matter of little importance.

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Simpatico \sim-PAH-ti-koh\, adjective:

Congenial or like-minded.

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cacoethes \kak-oh-EE-theez\, noun:

cacoethes \kak-oh-EE-theez\, noun:

An irresistible urge; mania.

We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit of the times, and write up to it too, if thatcacoethes be upon us, or else we are nought.

-- Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers

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Shanghaied

-Taylor: "Dude, I ordered this expensive set of chef's knives from this website. But when I   got them, they were all flimsy and had cheap plastic handles." 

-Grant: "Oh man, you got Shanghaied."

Oh man. I will be trying to get through this for six weeks.

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grangerize \GRYEN-juh-rahyz\, verb:

1. To add to the visual content of a book by inserting images not included in the original volume, often by mutilating other books.
2. To mutilate books in order to get illustrative material for such a purpose.

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Spirituel \spir-i-choo-EL\, adjective:

1. Showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit. 

2. Light and airy in movement; ethereal.

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Chatoyant:

1.

Having changeable lustre; twinkling.

2.

(Of a gem,) displaying a band of light reflected off inclusions of other minerals.

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Descry \dih-SKRY\, transitive verb:

1. To catch sight of, especially something distant or obscure; to discern.

2. To discover by observation; to detect.

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Prosopography \pros-uh-POG-ruh-fee\, noun:
1. A description of a person's appearance, career, personality, etc. 
2. A study of a collection of persons or characters, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context.
Prosopography ultimately originates in the combination of the Greek roots prosopon, "face, or person," and graphia, "writing of."

In·nate

 "Originating in or derived from the mind or the constitution of the intellect rather than from experience"

"Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience."

"Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent."