Being John Malkovich Glossary

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Consciousness

Being awake and aware of one's surrounding

Compassionate

To feel sympathy and concern for other people

Forlorn

Sad, lonely, and empty

Impedimentology

A made-up profession likely dealing with speech impediments

Indefinitely

Something that goes on for unspecified amount of time

Lesbian

A homosexual woman

Metaphysical

A word that relates to metaphysics

Piddling

Trivial

Puppeteer

Someone who works with puppets for a living

Supernatural

Relating to ghosts or seemingly fantastical events; something that is without understanding in the scientific community

Unrequited

Something that is not returned

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