"...feared and hated by the world they have sworn to protect. These are the STRANGEST heroes of all!"
- Stan Lee
prax•is
– noun
1. practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
2. convention, habit, or custom.
3. a set of examples for practice.
par•a•dox
– noun
1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
2. a self-contradictory and false proposition.
3. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
4. an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
self
– noun
1. a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality.
2. a person's nature, character, etc.
3. personal interest.
4. a. the ego; that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, etc., as contrasted with that known, remembered, etc.
b. the uniting principle, as a soul, underlying all subjective experience.
– adj.
5. being the same throughout, as a color; uniform.
6. being of one piece with or the same material as the rest.
awe
– noun
1. an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like.
2. power to inspire fear or reverence.
3. fear or dread.
awe•some
– adj.
1. inspiring awe.
2. showing or characterized by awe.
3. very impressive.
aw•ful
- adj.
1. extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly.
2. inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible.
3. solemnly impressive; inspiring awe.
4. full of awe; reverential.
5. extremely dangerous, risky, injurious, etc.
– adv.
6. very; extremely.
re•venge
– verb
1. to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, esp. in a resentful or vindictive spirit.
2. to take vengeance for; inflict punishment for; avenge.
– noun
3. the act of revenging; retaliation for injuries or wrongs; vengeance.
4. something done in vengeance.
5. the desire to revenge; vindictiveness.
6. an opportunity to retaliate or gain satisfaction.
blind
–adj.
1. unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless.
2. unwilling or unable to perceive or understand.
3. not characterized or determined by reason or control.
4. not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning.
5. lacking all consciousness or awareness.
6. drunk.
7. hard to see or understand.
8. hidden from immediate view.
9. of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously.
10. having no outlets; closed at one end.
11. done without seeing; by instruments alone.
12. made without some prior knowledge.
13. of or pertaining to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested.
14. impressed into the cover or spine of a book by a die without ink or foil.
– verb
15. to make sightless permanently, temporarily, or momentarily, as by injuring, dazzling, bandaging the eyes, etc.
16. to make obscure or dark.
17. to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment.
18. to outshine; eclipse.
–noun
19. something that obstructs vision.
20. a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, esp. one in which hunters conceal themselves.
21. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand.
–adverb
22. into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost.
23. without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility.
24. without guidance or forethought.
25. to an extreme or absolute degree; completely.
crow
– noun
1. any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common Corvid Brachyrhynchos, of North America.
2. any of several other birds of the family Corvidae.
3. any of various similar birds of other families.
- idioms
5. as the crow flies, in a straight line; by the most direct route.
7. eat crow, to be forced to admit to having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic statement; suffer humiliation.
os•cine
– adj.
1. of, belonging to, or pertaining to the suborder Oscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the songbirds that have highly developed vocal organs.
– noun
2. an oscine bird.
or·ni·thol·o·gy
– noun
1. the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
fold
– verb
1. to bend cloth, paper, etc., over upon itself.
2. to bring into a compact form by bending and laying parts together.
3. to bring the arms, hands, etc., together in an intertwined or crossed manner; clasp; cross.
4. to bend or wind.
5. to bring (the wings) close to the body, as a bird on alighting.
6. to enclose; wrap; envelop.
7. to embrace or clasp.
8. to bring to an end.
9. to place one's cards facedown so as to withdraw from the play.
10. to fail in business; be forced to close.
11. to yield or give in.
wrap
– verb
1. to enclose in something wound or folded about.
2. to enclose and make fast within a covering of paper or the like.
3. to wind, fold, or bind (something) about as a covering.
4. to protect with coverings, outer garments, etc.
5. to surround, envelop, shroud, or hide.
6. to fold or roll up.
7. to complete the filming of a motion picture.
– noun
8. a. the completion of photography on a film or an individual scene.
b. the termination of a working day during the shooting of a film.
- verb
9. wrap up, to conclude; finish work on.
loop
– noun
1. a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
2. the part of a vibrating string, column of air or other medium, etc., between two adjacent nodes.
3. a closed electric or magnetic circuit.
4. the reiteration of a set of instructions in a routine or program.
5. to construct a closed electric or magnetic circuit.
– verb
6. to record dialogue, sound effects, etc., onto an existing film track or soundtrack.
"So long as one is conscious of space and time, Zen will keep a respectable distance from you; your holiday is ill-spent, your sleep is disturbed, and your whole life is a failure."
- D.T. Suzuki
- D.T. Suzuki
se•cret
– adj.
1. done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others.
2. kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged.
3. faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent.
4. designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation.
5. secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn.
6. beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric.
7. a. bearing the classification secret.
b. limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified.
– noun
8. something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
9. a mystery: the secrets of nature.
10. a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent.
11. a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: the secret of happiness; a trade secret.
12. a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material.
- idiom
13. unknown to others; in private.
mys•ter•y
– noun
1. anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown.
2. any affair, thing, or person that presents features or qualities so obscure as to arouse curiosity or speculation.
3. a novel, short story, play, or film whose plot involves a crime or other event that remains puzzlingly unsettled until the very end.
4. obscure, puzzling, or mysterious quality or character.
5. any truth that is unknowable except by divine revelation.
ob•scure
– adj.
1. not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain.
2. not clear to the understanding; hard to perceive.
3. not expressing the meaning clearly or plainly.
4. indistinct to the sight or any other sense; not readily seen, heard, etc.; faint.
5. inconspicuous or unnoticeable.
6. of little or no prominence, note, fame, or distinction.
7. far from public notice, worldly affairs, or important activities; remote; retired.
8. lacking in light or illumination; dark; dim; murky.
9. enveloped in, concealed by, or frequenting darkness.
10. not bright or lustrous; dull or darkish, as color or appearance.
– verb
11. to conceal or conceal by confusing.
12. to make dark, dim, indistinct, etc.
i•de•ol•o•gy
– noun
1. the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
2. such a body of doctrine, myth, etc., with reference to some political and social plan, as that of fascism, along with the devices for putting it into operation.
3. a. the study of the nature and origin of ideas.
b. a system that derives ideas exclusively from sensation.
4. theorizing of a visionary or impractical nature.
in•con•ceiv•a•ble
– adj.
1. not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable
2. unbelievable; incredible.
am•biv•a•lence
– noun
1. uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
2. the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.
psy•chop•a•thy
– noun
1. a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
2. any mental disease.
post•mod•ern•ism
– noun
1. any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, esp. a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
sim•u•la•crum
- noun
1. a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
2. an effigy, image, or representation.
oth•er
– adj.
1. additional or further.
2. different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied.
3. different in nature or kind.
4. being the remaining one of two or more.
5. being the remaining ones of a number.
– noun
6. the other one.
– pronoun
7. some person or thing else.
– adv.
8. otherwise; differently.
- idiom
9. every other, every alternate.
ref•er•ence
– noun
1. an act or instance of referring.
2. a mention; allusion.
3. something for which a name or designation stands; denotation.
4. a direction in a book or writing to some other book, passage, etc.
5. a book, passage, etc., to which one is directed.
6. reference mark.
7. material contained in a footnote or bibliography, or referred to by a reference mark.
8. use or recourse for purposes of information.
9. a person to whom one refers for testimony as to one's character, abilities, etc.
10. a statement, usually written, as to a person's character, abilities, etc.
11. relation, regard, or respect
– verb
12. to furnish with references.
13. to refer to.
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