Invisible Ignorance

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Nostalgia: a wistful desire to return in though or in fact to a formertime in one's life

Canopied: a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or orsuspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, orsacred object

Odalisques: a female salve or concubine in a harem, especially in thatof the sultan of Turkey 

Belvederes:  a building or architectural feature of a building, designedand situated to look out upon a pleasing scene. 

Undcipherable: to discover the meaning of anything obscure or difficult to trace or understand. 

Solstice: Either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point of the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. 

Equinox: the time when the sun crossed the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (verna or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox).

Awnings: A roof like shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway , from the top of a window, over a deck, etc., in order to provide protection, as from the sun.

Oblique: Niether perpendicular no parallel to a given line or surface. 

Agile: Quick and well- coordinated in movement. 

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Sirocco: A warm, sultry south or southeast wind accompanied by rain, occurring in the same regions.

Porphyry: Any igneous rock containing coarse crystals, as phenocrysts, in a finer- grained groundmass.

Vellum: Calfskin, lambskin, kidskin, etc., treated for use as a writing surface.

Opium: Anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the mind or emotions.

Deceit: The act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating.

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