New Words

“The cinerary urn is appropriate also in connection with the sensation of an increasingly salty taste, which I know will compel me to wake.”
Compel: force somebody to do something




“The manner in which the dream represents the act of quenching the thirst is manifold, and is specified in accordance with some recent recollection.”
Quenching: to suppress or calm
Manifold: Many and varied; of many kinds; multiple







“The same sort of lethargy-dream was dreamed by a young colleague of mine, who appears to share my propensity for sleep.”
Lethargy: deficient in alertness or activity, abnormal drowsiness
Propensity: tendency






“On the way back they passed a signpost which pointed to the Hameau.”
Hameau: village