Antepenultimate

The game would end with an incredible diving catch by the rookie left fielder, launching one of the best fielding careers in history. The second to last out of the game was also quite extraordinary - a would be home run smacks a bird and falls into the outfielder's glove. But it is the antepenultimate play of this game that concerns me. The third from the last. That's where I come in.

Douce

For most of the year, the neighborhood remains a lonely, douce village. But on the Holiday, the tranquility is set aside. The streets are filled with revelers, the town crawls with visitors.

Decathect

Jerry's problem was his extreme and unfaltering devotion. He still treated the island like it was his forever. Even though it was about to sink under the ocean and disappear into the folds of the Earth, he refused to come to terms. He could not decathect. When the island finally dropped under, it was going to devastate him.

Adiaphorous

The natives of the island let the vagrant remain on the far eastern edge of forest. Being deemed an adiaphorous entity, he presented no threat.

Moor

It's been nearly a week we've spent out here, floating. Adrift, underneath the sky, and aimless. This is the time when you come along, and give us a purpose. Soon, we find the shore and moor the boat. It's not going anywhere and we're back among civilization.

Mulligrubs

This endless rain and bleak sky have inflicted me with a case if the mulligrubs. Peeking out the front door, Simon tried to be cheerful, but he was deep in the mulligrubs at the time, and nothing short of a miracle would snap him out of the funk.

Anopisthograph

44 days passed, stuck inside the library room alcove. The disaster had ruined the entire city, and I was stuck in the jail cell sized room filled with paper. I documented my experiences in an anopisthograph - the paper was rather thin, and my writing utensil was a pretty thick marker, so the back of the paper wasn't really usable after the front was filled.

Erinaceous

Although Sonic The Hedgehog was billed as an actual hedgehog, he really resembled one in only a few minor ways. The truth is, he was an erinaceous creature, but certainly not a true hedgehog.

Pontificate

We're stuck in this room for hours. I think I'd be able to handle it if it weren't for Jack's tendency to pontificate every time a thought enters his mind. I'm forced to listen to his whole diatribe, and all I want to do is sew his mouth shut.

Effervescent

I know the Commandments forbid jealously, but.... I am very jealous of the men and women who can get under 5 hours of sleep and still be effervescent the entirety of the day. Matthew Mammola

Alexipharmic

I didn't notice when the dastardly traitor across the table slipped the poison into my drink. Thankfully, he wasn't aware that I had ingested the alexipharmic herbs just an hour before. Checkmate.

Trundle

Ever since the accident with his leg, he can only trundle around town, listing helplessly, refusing to call himself handicapped.

Biblioklept

What would I do on train rides? Or trips via airplane? What would I do before I go to bed at night? What would I do on the park bench on a sunny day? How would I pass the time in the world where biblioklepts roam free? Book thievery, unchecked, would surely be a nightmare to impatient and imaginative souls everywhere.

Fainague

I am in desperate need of developing strategies to reduce the days in which I fainague.

Potvaliancy

After several shots of liquor, the world seems a bit more permeable. Blessed with the fair bit of potvaliancy, Andrew slid down the bar and approached the empty seat next to the most beautiful girl he had ever seen....

Glean

Paint the fence. Wax the car. Sand the floor. The truth is, I gleaned more than I ever could've imagined from Mr. Miyagi that summer.

Climacteric

Kicked out of the congregation he had devoted his life to, cast out of the town he grew up in, stripped of all honor, his life has reached a climacteric. And he had only himself to blame. Matthew Mammola

Siesta

No siesta for me today. I've got work to do. Matthew Mammola

Eidolon

It peeks around the corner, it knows the coast is clear for intrusion. The mischievous eidolon creeps up on little Tommy, slips into his being, and then there neighbor's yard is covered in toilet paper, trees and bushes and flower beds. Matthew Mammola

Teratoid

The dealership has sold through its entire stock of last year's models, except for one teratoid vehicle that nobody would want be caught driving. Matthew Mammola

Supernormal

Eat spinach. Gain supernormal strength. That's Popeye for ya. After being told about early completion bonus, the crew sped through their jobs with supernormal speed today.

Uncanny

It is clear that this is no ordinary comic book. There is something uncanny about the way the pages rustle, a special glow emanating from its spine.

Delate

Mr. Macaroon, I will not hesitate to bring up our little encounter here to the ethics council. You know I will not think twice before I delate you in front of them. Unless, of course, you do something for me...

Acephalous

The indigenous people of this island in the Pacific are chiefly nomadic - a scattered, acephalous group. Lacking any central governance, families group together and provide their own sustenance and security.

recusant

2 weeks detention! Recreation privileges revoked! Lunchtime isolation! The more the teachers treated Jonathan as a recusant, the more he actually started acting like one.

Assoil

PETA listed Sean John the Shark Tamer as one of the world's top animal abusers at teaching beginning of his career. However, when PETA president Alice Monion visited Sean John during a shark taming, she witnessed the true cooperation between man and shark that Sean John expounds. PETA's position shifted the organization assoiled the man.

fulgurant

Stacy did her best to calm down. She found herself wishing she could control her fulgurant emotions, the oscillating flashes of rage and happiness only causing her more frustration in the end.

Mucro

Aptly, the sphere fell into disrepair. A religious artifact of a forgotten tribe wasn't prioritized highly, and now the sphere is covered in blemishes. Even the once flawless surface now has more than one mucro sticking from it. Sliding your hands along the sphere, your likely to encounter one of these sharp points.

versicolor

Sean John the Shark Tamer, in conjunction with the research team housed on the secluded Hawaii island, have developed the first augmented shark: a new versicolor creature capable of shifting color at will.

Crasis

Pump your system full of alcohol, or shovel in a few uppers or downers or hallucinogens, and you'll feel like a different person. But you won't actually change. Your crasis, your core self, will remain unmoved. You'll still be you.

draggle

"Wake up, workers! Don't let your morals be draggled because you must follow your supervisor's instructions! Tell them No! I will not do this, because this does not fit within my values."

hirtellous

Planet: XG-31a Galaxy: 006-Einstein-Alpha The fruit native to this planet has a pleasing, hirtellous exterior. The minute fuzz align the surface seem almost to respond when I rub ny hands along the fruit skin.

Agita

You kids better be on your best behavior over at grandmother's house. She can't handle any agita right now.

Hamartia

He hears the crinkling of the bag being opened, the shuffling noise made by the friction of the orange triangles, he can smell them and starts to salivate. Melvin's hamartia is exposed : Blazin' Buffalo Doritos. His diet is no more.

Utile

Just like before, and every time before that, I forget the most important items. It's difficult to think of myself as a utile being when I can't recall the simplest of tasks without constant and repeated notification.

Thetic

The crew might mutter under their breath, or complain on lunch break that the film's director had no idea how to shoot a movie, but it was his thetic belief in his vision that allowed him to get the best images even when others disagreed.

fiducial

After each and every item on that list had been checked off, after all the pent up admonition had been spilled, after I was buried in my own regrets, she looked me in the eyes and gave me a reason to change. From then on, she became my fiducial anchor. The only one I can trust.

Sententious

The marquee board outside the Church on the corner changes its message frequently. Typically a trite and sententious phrase, the public display does little to inspire thought provoking dialog.

Hustings

Candidate Walker Johnson sat alone in his hotel room - the third in 2 days - and tried to enjoy silence. He wished there was some way to get elected without having to do the hustings.

bollix

When the traveling pitchman's cheeks turned redder than a 6th grader giving his first monologue delivery, I felt just the slightest twang if guilt for taking such pleasure in watching him bollix up the situation.

Diapason

All those little parts of life never could come together for him. The anxiety, the fear, the pressure, it was always too much to allow him to handle social life, professional life, and everyday tasks. But then he started with the medication. All those discordant notes in life formed into one wonderful diapason, and life could be lived again

Coetaneus

She showed me a picture of her child dressed in a captain America costume. I knew we weren't coetaneous, but I always did have a latent attraction to older women.

cerise

Taldridge is the most unnecessarily verbose man I know. Nothing is ever just 'red' or 'yellow'. The night sky is a shade of cerise, the dandelions a touching primrose.

primrose

Sean John knelt down to get up close to the plant with the primrose petals, the golden foliage. The sacrosanct organic being filled his vision, and the room started to spin.

manifold

Every session begins the same way. A barrier of pawns, a flanking of rooks, protection of mobile knights, spiritual support from the dedicated bishops, and of course the fiercest application of the woman. Each chess game begins with manifold possibilities.

Rollick

Sean John loved his sharks. If he had to keep any confined in a small aquarium style location for a long period of time, he always set aside a weekly day to bring the shark out to an area where they could rollick on their own, with no constraints.

Ataraxia

We lay down and look up. Green, rolling leaves, limb after limb. Winds whisper through the branches. We found our station, we found our state of isolation, we found our ataraxia.

Gull

Janus had concluded, after a thorough investigation, that OilCo chose to gull the inhabitants of this island nation. None of the promised benefits had been delivered, years after the company was granted access to the natural resources.

truncate

The religious idol lay shattered at his feet. Sean John looked at the hostile faces around him. He decided to offer the truncated version of the story.

Compère

After 30 minutes of nonchalant breeze shooting over a cocktail at the juice table, my new friend glanced at his watch, said goodbye, then leaped onto stage behind the podium. I had been talking with the event's compère the whole time!

fabulist

The journal was a collection of personal tales, long and short, that had the tell-tale signs of a fabulist's touch. The level of hyperbole and nuanced exaggeration indicated a true teller of tales.

Concertina

With his oversized hand and incredible strength, Roger could concertina a beer can in his palm, using only the force of his digits.

Bole

The children used the remainder of an ancient tree as their gathering point. The giant, flat bole was easy to find and made a comfortable chair or useful table.

simper

Steve is the kind of guy who prefers to date women who sport a simper on their face when he's telling cheesy jokes. Most of the intelligent ones are quickly dropped.

lodestar

Since Sean John's propulsion to international fame, young aspiring shark tamers in areas all over the world are looking to him as their lodestar. Sean John is their role model and guide.

nomothetic

Sean John developed his shark taming process as a young man. If you could observe him in his work multiple times, you would see that each shark is different. The taming process is not a nomothetic system with a rigid set of procedures. It is a fluid, intuitive exchange between man and beast.

Phthisis

We are all afflicted by phthisis. Every life has a time limit, is wasting away slow

compeer

The only man that Sean John the Shark Tamer traveled with as a true and reliable aid would be his public relations and legal specialist, Erin Cartwright. While not a compeer in terms of aquatic ability or sheer charisma, Sean John felt that he could trust the man with any task in his area of expertise.

cathect

cathectant this story about Sean John the shark Tamer to be successful, we must have our readers cathect with shark taming as a world wide panacea for strife. They must invest in that concept.

incondite

Try as I might in the early morning, I am only able to compose some incondite paragraphs, and not the flowing prose I strive for.

matte

when the children were done painting the tables, they were anything but matte.

usageaster

Stop trying to correct everyone's grammar. nobody likes a usageaster.

banausic

the throne room is particularly indicative of the financial issues the government is facing. A room that once was a palatial and gaudy display of wealth has been turned into a banaustic room setting an example for austerity.

nubilous

Sean John coughed and his eys watered as he walked through the nubilous kitchen. He wasn't the best cook in the world.

integument

the little boy was chastised at school, but he seemed to have been born with integuments that deflected cheap insults. If only all children could be so composed.

beguile

Sean John usually preferred honesty when in the initial phases of taming a wild shark. But he wasn't above resorting to beguiling a particularly obstinate shark.

deflagrate

Sean John tossed the bauble back into the water, one more round of this aquatic, inter-special game of catch. The shark fin coasted along the surface. The outline of the shark was clear in the flawless tropical water. But as Sean John watched, the sharks body seemed to shimmer. The underwater view was obstructed. Sean John heard a hollow noise. The air seemed to shift. In one horrible instant the pristine water deflagrated. Flames engulfed the shark. The water turned into a roaring inferno. Someone had sabotaged Sean John's sharks aquatic playground.

Baccate

Sean-John crushed the baccate mixture in the bucket, the food mallet swinging up and down, liquefying the nutritional meal. His sharks hungrily lapped the waves behind Sean-John, anticipating the tasty meal.

sumpsimus

George Tallant ventured into the rural outskirts of the nation to study the rituals of the isolated pockets of Comunche descendants. Sadly, his strict regimentation and adherence to the sumpsimus of the modern language of the nation, as opposed to the local dialect, prevented him from being accepted among the community.

Syndic

Jeffery had always wanted to travel, but he found that life as a syndic for OilCo was not exactly the kind of travelling he had always hoped for. Representing his company's interests around the world meant he could not really get to be himself oj these trips: he was just an extension of the company.

Endochiridion

True, Sean John was the world's first and greatest shark tamer, perhaps the only person who could fit that phrase with no doubt. But since the rapid spread of his worldwide popularity, it was inevitable that some inspired individuals attempted to duplicate Sean John's unique talents. Sean John did not encourage this. He did not put together an endochiridion for his wannabe shark tamer apostles to study.

Sardanapalian

The steward opened the door to room 301 and led Alfie inside. It was a cavernous expanse walled with elaborate designs, domed with a sparkling chandelier, furnished with stately dressers and elegant chairs - a purely Sardanapalian environment.

cunctation

"And the winner of this year's most valuable member of the oceanic community award is..." The presenter paused, letting a palpable cunctation hover through the room. "... Sean John the Shark Tamer!"

IImponderable

Sean John the Shark Tamer has had an imponderable level of impact on coastal communities around the world, particularly in he Pacific Ocean.

mewl

It washed up on shore, the dying animal, with enough life in it to mewl loudly, getting Sean John's attention.

Fantast

He is a man who sees things other do not. The walls of the skyscrapers and the ridges on the curbs link up with the movement of the clouds to form one part of the universal equation, the sum of which guides his lonely diatribes. He is a fantast, and he dares to speak.

Ravelment

It displeases me greatly when I'm collaborating on a media project in the post production process and our files are a ravelment of unlabeled and disorganized clips scattered on multiple hard drive.

Pachismo

"hey amigo, I'm going to vamanos. I'll catch you manana." George's new pachismo habit was really getting on everyone's nerves.

Natch

Little Timmy stared at his latest purchase from the pog store - a thick, heavy metal slammer designed to disperse and scatter his opponent pieces. With this behemoth, he pictured himself unstoppable. All games from now on would be played for keeps, natch.

larrup

Little Timmy stared out at the vast ocean. If he had both working legs like all the other kids, he could swim to that island across the channel too. It just wasn't fair. He watched the waves break against the rocky shore. The waters' motions grew wilder. Soon Timmy saw a dark shadow moving under the waters, and the water larruped against the land violently. The child limped closer, his cast clanking along the gravel beneath. Suddenly one giant shape shot through the surface of the water -- little Timmy couldn't believe his eyes! Sean-John the Shark Tamer was riding one of his great whites, hands grasped around the fin, legs straddling the giant beast. Both creatures landed gracefully on the surface and made their way toward Timmy....

Apoplectic

Our friend launches into a stuttering, tortuous style of storytelling when he gets excited - its tough to listen to these apoplectic rants.

Histrionics

Steven didn't enjoy engaging in a spat of histrionics, but he felt it was the only way to get people's attention sometimes. His generally soft-spoken personality made it tough to get people to listen to him. Only when he made a real scene of it was he able to drive his whole point across.

Bosh

It saddens me to see that varlet elevated to such a high level of status. I know that he only speaks bosh, but the audience seems to accept his words as true gospel.

armamentarium

Thanks to websites like Demonoid and Pirate Bay, I always have an armamentarium of digital media manipulation programs.

Haimish

Despite the extreme amount of clutter in the home, or perhaps because of it, there was something haimish about the rooms. Dustin didn't feel like a stranger.

Betide

Don't ever venture over to the old worn down cabin on the edge of town. Bad things betide the soul who sets foot on that haunted ground.

Demiurge

Sean John can be deemed a veritable demiurge of shark taming. There was no man before him who ever was able to leap into the ocean unadorned and emerge from the depths grasping the shark's fin like a steering wheel.

Chrestomathy

Hidden behind a false wall, guarded by a sealed steel door, down a treacherous old staircase, separated by a tiny tunnel, sits the bunker room with 42 identical safes, each with its own unique combination. To access the secret chrestomathy of the ancient guardians, you must be guided. The papers that are sealed within that safe could lead to a whole new era.

Belabor

If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times: Sean-John was the first and only true shark tamer that this world has ever seen. I don't mean to belabor the point, but I must adamantly state that any other individuals claiming to be shark tamers are simply masquerading themselves. Sean-John is the one true shark tamer.

Gambit

Timothy wasn't going to entertain any coy conversations this evening. He approached the woman with a direct gambit: "You are looking extremely attractive this evening"

Phatic

Even though Richard and I don't get along very well, I try to bring him along anytime I meet a new client. His gregarious nature and ability to cultivate phatic conversation help to break the ice.

Pip

The lumbering hulk plowed through the crowd, directed straight for us. His trunk-like arms swatted bodies with ease. He stopped just in front of us, angled his neck down, glared at Ted.... And let out the silliest pip of a voice. Ted laughed.

omphalos

It has been said that any worldly activity relating to the practice of shark taming can trace its origins back to Sean John. This charismatic pioneer and Renaissance man truly is the omphalos of shark taming.

spruik

One by one the students spoke up - asking questions, tossing in comments, mentioning anecdotes, spitting out anything germane to the class topic. They did all that they could to delay, but success was not achieved. Mrs. Green began to spruik again.

intromit

The sweat poured out of that pastor's face so fierce it seemed to be leaking, a condensation representation of the passion spewing from his being. I pitied the man who dared intromit the devil around Pastor Paul- Lord alone knew how hellish that encounter would turn out to be.

Sibilant

The sibilant sound slipped inside the steel security system, scaring sleepy Steve somewhere amidst sands of slumber.

Obtest

The little boy lays down the fork and knife, exhaling an exhausted sigh. Staring forlornly at the green veggies remaining on his plate he obtests to all around him to please free him of this gargantuan task of eating every last bite of his broccoli.

Besot

The island princess moved the room. She guided the sun from beneath the clouds, she tamed wild animals, she kept the oceans tides at bay, and it was because of her beauty that the vengeful Stalawakakoa spared the planet earth. and as her radiance warmed the room and besot every man within eyesight, Sean John believed it all.

Numen

The fulcrum of the cavernous hall was the shrine. The room flowed with Incense candles of a rare scent, tapestry banners ornately hung, intricate lighting fixtures slanting soft light rays, elegant hand written dedications... Even if this shrine were no numen, there was something holy going on here.

Kowtow

Even though Sean John is a major international figure and influential person, he is a modest man. Never does he expect kowtowing from those around him.

Aphotic

The balmy night breeze blew onto Sean John. Tonight was not welcoming. The clouds blotted the sky, covering the moon, the stars. The aphotic landscape provided no visual clues. Sean John listened to the waves.

Ensconce

We were secure but constrained, unhealthily ensconced in our own relationsip.

Littoral

Sean John spent his life in or near the ocean. The sea salt scented soothing winds of the vast watery depths constantly animated him. drag him away from the shore, drop him in Iowa, and he may likely withet. Never was there a more littoral person.

Barnburner

The competitors entered the arena. "We got us a good old-fashioned barnburner tonight, boys! WOO-WEE!"

Fard

The bodacious display floored Sean John. With wild, mutli-colored hair, a twisted woodwind instrument stuck to her mouth, and sporadic fard plastered on her cheeks, she stumbled into the ring.

Germinal

My favorite part of the day is when the sun waits to rise, giving that germinal part of the day just a few minutes more for the cool air to linger.

Obtuse

Johnson was a smart man. He knew his numbers, he knew his calculations, and he knew his appli ations.

agnomen

Our intrepid hero towered over puppy dogs, sat comfortably in airplane seats, and could reach the top shelf with only one leap. This earned him the tongue-in-cheek agnomen: Giant

bona fide

The tall man cut through the ocean surface. His upright torso outlined the foaming water, splashing around him as he cut through it. His long arms extended, he embraced the sky. There was nothing mechanical about Sean John's propulsion: just a 12 foot long shark. A shark tamed by the world's best shark tamer.

These were the bona fides.

Reconnoiter

It was up to Sean John now. Meawahuahua lay incapacitated in the boat's cabin, stuck in the throes of labor. The little baby of the prophecy was about to be born. They needed to get to the sacred temple, and fast. The waterways narrowed ahead, thinning into streams between tiny islands.

Sean John touched a button on his belt, ran to the deck of the ship boat and dove gracefully into the water. In seconds, Sean John was cutting the water's surface, riding on the back of the shark that turned 10 years old today. sean john sped ahead through the waterwaya to reconnoiter and determine the beat path for the boat.

apercu

When the poison wore off, Sean John bolted upright. He slammed the cabin door open and ran to the deck of the ship. Small dinghys flying pirate flags. Mean looking guys with weapons. Strong current. The village with the tribal queen just minutes away. His apercu was formed instantly. He dove off the ship, into the ocean deep.

Macaronic

When Tully conducted his phone calls for a the day, the macaronic medley of requests, demands, and pleadings that echoed around the office would make even a new yorker's head spin. The man had more contacts in more places around the world than hair on his head.

Caparison

Sean john didn't just take the sharks. He befriended them. On their birthdays, he would take them to a specially designed freshwater tank filled with only the best fishes on the western hemisphere. He'd even get them a birthday suit : Sean John would caparison the shart in a wardrobe finer than any animal creature had ever known.

Apotropaic

It glows at night. Just when my dreams began molding into darker things-when the demons and the monsters snuck into my night. The apotropaic gift you gave me, hanging on the wall, glows fierce and bright, warding off the nightmares.

Agley

The vending machine wouldn't accept my quarter, the train was off schedule, my lunch got smashed in my bag, and the elevator was out of service: the fates had made this an outright agley day.

Ephebe

A pageant box exploded and flowers swirled in he air. The traditional greeting of visitors honored Sean John and his crew as they made their way down the muddy path, surrounded by curious natives. An ephebe, young and dressed in sexually ambiguous garb, walked up to the guests to present them each with a talawalaee - the village's sacred flower.

sylph

Cutting through the water, the shape edged closer and closer. The motionless object slowly revealed itself, floating into shore. A beautiful sylph, gliding on the sea water surface. Closer and closer the woman moved forward, until Tully could see the shadow just under the water ... she was being propelled by one of Sean John's tamed sharks.

Zeitgeber

It's a well known fact that the most important zeitgeber regulating most humans daily biological schedule is the day/night cycle.

Sean John isn't most humans.

Grouse

Tully was not one who was easily concerned. So when Sean-John heard him grouse about the hut where his team was being housed, it was time to speak up.

"Listen here Talawalahawee," Sean John approached the chief, "your people have problems with the islanders across the bay and the allegiance of the creatures in the sea, I know. But your poor treatment to my staff has got to stop."

The chief sat and stared. The fire burning behind him in the stone temple alcove crackled. More leaves were tossed in the fire, and the heat breezed across Sean John's face. It was warm, and getting warmer. Talawalahawee did not move. Sean-John was left with only one option. The challenge.

"Then, you leave me no choice." Sean John rotated to address the chief and his entire village. His voice rang out amongst the trees, the sand, and the beaches.

"BEFORE TO EYES OF THE GODS AND THE EARS OF THE DEAD. I REQUEST MY RIGHT TO PALALALOBAI!"

Pyknik

Short and squat, fleshy, mud-colored, with an overall pyknik shape - and bedecked in flashy jewelry stabbed through skin on ears, necks, cheeks, noses, elbows, eyelids, lips, nipples... Anywhere flesh could be poked. This was the look of the men of the island.

Boon

If it wasn't for Davis, the little gaffe with the aquatic acrobatics and the village trial leader would have turned the entire community against Sean John. But thanks to his cultural brilliance, the event was seen as a great for Sean John relations boon all over Brazil.

Eudemonia

Sean John stared at the doctor. "So what you're saying, doc, is that I've been filling my own life with the life from the ocean as a kind of replacement for my childhood lack? "

The doctor nodded. His German accent emerged when delineating scientific jargon. "it is only through mastery of the seemingly uncontrollable object -in your case, the wild creatures of the sea - that you are able t achieve eudemonia. "

Luxate

He could see the tiny fin luxate as Sean John worked his hands along the injured baby shark. The shark tamer's excitement in the water was matched only by his halcyon on the examination table.

Remit

The water would slosh wildly for several seconds, sometimes even a whole minute, before the struggle would remit. The water becomes calm once more, and Sean John emerges from below astride the finned beast: another shark tamed.

Furcate

As she looked at the man riding the shark across the bay, bringing the supplies that the islander's needed to stay alive in this crisis, she knew that Sean-John's path and her's were going were furcate lines. She wouldn't be able to remain by his side for much longer. She stared at the sun.