Interstices
Hairline fissures, crackers or apertures
insulate
To offer protection against external elements
motes
Tiny specks in one’s vision
muse
the source of aesthetic inspiration
metaphysics
the philosophical study of the nature of reality and being
parallel
a situation in which two or more things are similar or equivalent, but separate entities
confidante
a very close and special person with whom one can share secrets
layover
term for having to spend a short period of time waiting in an airport between connecting flights; used metaphorically to descibe similar waiting periods
indulgences
the official granting of penitance for confessing acts of sin
draught
a prepared drink to facilitate health or sleeping needs
cloistered
the circumstances of being isolated or secluded from others
abhor
to dislike intensely
eloquent
to speak or write with articulate precision and style
vile
wicked or loathsome in nature
simmering
the nature of something slowly heating up toward the boiling point
consecrate
the act of making holy
malady
a persistent but not particularly serious health condition
picturesque
a view of such aesthetic beauty that it almost looks like a photograph
baffled
utterly and completely confused
rueful
looking upon something with a sense of remorse and regret
