Flichtish

Flichtish

adj.
nervously aware how much of your self-image is based on untested assumptions about yourself—only ever guessing how you’d react to a violent threat, a sudden windfall, a huge responsibility, or being told to do something you knew was wrong.

North Frisian flicht, maybe. Pronounced “flik-tish.”

Angosis

a table full of food

Emodox

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Scabulous

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Evertheless

a person floating in water

Allope

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Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room