Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Galagog

n.
the state of being simultaneously entranced and unsettled by the vastness of the cosmos, which makes your deepest concerns feel laughably quaint, yet vanishingly rare.

From galaxy, a gravitationally bound system of millions of stars + agog, awestruck. Pronounced “gal-uh-gawg.”

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Povism

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Exulansis

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Craxis

a tall house of cards

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Los Vidados

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Attriage

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La Cuna

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