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  1. principal
    main or most important
    Belief, like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand the theory of relativity and principals of uncertainty.
  2. uncertainty
    the state of being unsure of something
    Belief, like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand the theory of relativity and principals of uncertainty.
  3. determine
    find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry
    Phenomena that determine the course of our lives.
  4. alter
    cause to change; make different
    These forces that often remake time and space, that can shape and alter who we imagine ourselves to be, begin long before we are born and continue after we perish.
  5. perish
    pass from physical life
    These forces that often remake time and space, that can shape and alter who we imagine ourselves to be, begin long before we are born and continue after we perish.
  6. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
    Our lives and our choices, like quantum trajectories, are understood moment to moment.
  7. encounter
    come together
    That each point of intersection, each encounter, suggest a new potential direction.
  8. suggest
    make a proposal; declare a plan for something
    That each point of intersection, each encounter, suggest a new potential direction.
  9. potential
    existing in possibility
    That each point of intersection, each encounter, suggest a new potential direction.
  10. proposition
    a suggestion offered for acceptance or rejection
    Proposition, I have fallen in love with Luisa Rey.
  11. abuse
    cruel or inhumane treatment
    I will not be subjected to criminal abuse
  12. fare
    proceed, get along, or succeed
    There is a natural order to this world, and those who try to upend it do not fare well.
  13. survive
    continue in existence after
    This movement will never survive, if you join them you and your entire family will be shunned.
  14. entire
    constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
    This movement will never survive, if you join them you and your entire family will be shunned.
  15. shun
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
    This movement will never survive, if you join them you and your entire family will be shunned.
  16. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
    At best you will exist at pariah to be spat at and beaten, at worse to be lynched or crucified.
  17. spat
    a quarrel about petty points
    At best you will exist at pariah to be spat at and beaten, at worse to be lynched or crucified.
  18. possible
    capable of happening or existing
    Is this possible?
  19. exile
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
    Like Solzhenitsyn, labouring in Vermont, I shall beaver away in exile.
  20. violation
    an act that disregards an agreement or a right
    This is a violation of the ruddy Incarceration Act!
  21. ruddy
    inclined to a healthy reddish color
    This is a violation of the ruddy Incarceration Act!
  22. incarceration
    the state of being imprisoned
    This is a violation of the ruddy Incarceration Act!
  23. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
    I will not be subjugated to criminal abuse!
  24. criminal
    someone who has committed a punishable act
    I will not be subjugated to criminal abuse!
  25. abuse
    cruel or inhumane treatment
    I will not be subjugated to criminal abuse!
  26. extensive
    large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
    While my extensive experience as an editor has led me to a disdain for flashbacks and flash forwards and all such tricksy gimmicks I believe that if you, dear Reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find that there is a Method to this tale of Madness.
  27. experience
    the content of observation or participation in an event
    While my extensive experience as an editor has led me to a disdain for flashbacks and flash forwards and all such tricksy gimmicks I believe that if you, dear Reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find that there is a Method to this tale of Madness.
  28. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    While my extensive experience as an editor has led me to a disdain for flashbacks and flash forwards and all such tricksy gimmicks I believe that if you, dear Reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find that there is a Method to this tale of Madness.
  29. flashback
    a transition in a story to an earlier event or scene
    While my extensive experience as an editor has led me to a disdain for flashbacks and flash forwards and all such tricksy gimmicks I believe that if you, dear Reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find that there is a Method to this tale of Madness.
  30. gimmick
    any clever maneuver
    While my extensive experience as an editor has led me to a disdain for flashbacks and flash forwards and all such tricksy gimmicks I believe that if you, dear Reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find that there is a Method to this tale of Madness.
  31. extend
    stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope
    While my extensive experience as an editor has led me to a disdain for flashbacks and flash forwards and all such tricksy gimmicks I believe that if you, dear Reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find that there is a Method to this tale of Madness.
  32. patience
    good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
    While my extensive experience as an editor has led me to a disdain for flashbacks and flash forwards and all such tricksy gimmicks I believe that if you, dear Reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find that there is a Method to this tale of Madness.
  33. fuss
    an excited state of agitation
Created on Mon Apr 22 01:54:09 EDT 2013 (updated Tue May 14 02:13:07 EDT 2013)

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