Words of Wonder
A state of calm, peace, and being untroubled.
What is serenity?
The scientific measurement of rain.
What is rainfall?
A friendly relationship between people or nations.
What is amity?
Showing fearlessness and determination.
What is dauntless?
A person who isn’t skilled at something—or not magical in Harry Potter—is called this.
What is a muggle?
Complete happiness or eternal joy.
What is bliss?
The study of living organisms.
What is biology?
The quality of being open and honest in expression.
What is candor?
A person’s opponent or enemy.
What is adversary?
To move unsteadily from side to side.
What is wobbled?
The feeling that you’ve already experienced the current moment.
What is déjà vu?
A colony of algae and fungus living together.
What is lichen?
Selflessness or the act of rejecting one’s own interests.
What is abnegation?
A person not belonging to any group or faction.
What is factionless?
When a plan is messy and unorganized, it’s called this.
What is haphazard?
A love of the moon and finding it soothingly captivating.
Selenophilia
A reddish-orange great ape found in Southeast Asia.
What is an orangutan?
An obsession with the exercise of power or domination.
What is megalomania?
Acting bravely and spiritedly, even when it’s hard.
What is gamely?
To destroy or ruin someone else’s property.
What is vandalize?
Latin for “unknown land,” this phrase describes unexplored territory.
What is terra incognita?
A dried-out stream bed often found in deserts.
What is an arroyo?
The act of spying or using spies.
What is espionage?
Someone who takes the law into their own hands.
What is a vigilante?
To completely remove or destroy something.
What is elimination?