Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Suerza

n.
a feeling of quiet amazement that you exist at all; a sense of gratitude that you were even born in the first place, that you somehow emerged alive and breathing despite all odds, having won an unbroken streak of reproductive lotteries that stretches all the way back to the beginning of life itself.

Spanish suerte, luck + fuerza, force. Pronounced “soo-wair-zuh.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Insoucism

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Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Symptomania

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Vaucasy

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Hanker Sore

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Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

1202

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Agnosthesia

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