GLOSSARY

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Amnesia /ˌæmˈniʒə/

Noun
1. Loss of memory; forgetfulness


Amnesiac

Noun
1. Person who suffers from loss of memory (amnesia)


Apparition

Noun
1. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility
2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form
3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance


Appearance

Noun
1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye
2. A thing seen; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition
3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect
4. Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state
5. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character


Bewilder

Verb (to bewilder)
1. To confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things
2. To disorientate someone


Bewildered

Adjective (more bewildered, most bewildered)
1. Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, or uncertain


Blind

Adjective (blinder, blindest)
1. Of a person or animal, unable to see
2. Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive
3. Of a place, having little or no visibility
4. Closed at one end; having a dead end
5. Without opening
6. Smallest or slightest


Blindness

Noun
1. The condition of being blind; unable to see


Blur /blɜː/

Noun
1. A smear, smudge or blot
2. Something that appears hazy or indistinct

Verb (to blur)
1. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
2. To smear, stain or smudge
3. To become indistinct


Blurriness /blɜːrinɛs/

Noun
1. The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines


Blurry /blɜːri/

Adjective (blurrier, blurriest)
1. Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges


Cloud /klaʊd/

Noun
1. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air
2. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass
3. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy
4. A group of objects, especially suspended above the ground or flying

Verb (to cloud)
1. To become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight
2. To make obscure


Confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/

Noun
1. A lack of clarity or order
2. The state of being confused; not understanding


Daydream

Noun
1. A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts not connected to immediate reality


Delirium

Noun
1. A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety and sometimes hallucinations


Dementia

Noun
1. A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving
2. Madness or insanity


Demolition

Noun
1. The action or process of demolishing or destroying, in particular of buildings or other structures


Disappear

Verb (to disappear)
1. To vanish
2. To make vanish


Disappearance

Noun
1. The action of disappearing or vanishing


Disorientation /dɪs.ˌɔ.ɹi.ɪn.ˈtei.ʃn̩/

Noun
1. The loss of one’s sense of direction, or of one’s position in relationship with the surroundings
2. A state of confusion with regard to time, place or identity
3. A delusion


Dream /driːm/

Noun
1. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping
2. A hope or wish
3. Alternate realities created by our subconscious from different parts of our mind that can range from our hopes and fears, to a life-like scenario

Verb (to dream)
1. To see imaginary events in one’s mind while sleeping
2. To hope, to wish
3. To daydream
4. To create an imaginary experience, usually when asleep


Dreamer /driːmə/

Noun
1. One who dreams
2. Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic


Experience /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ens/

Noun
1. Event(s) of which one is cognizant
2. Activity which one has performed
3. Collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills

Verb (to experience)
1. To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one’s knowledge, opinions, or skills


Explode

Verb (to explode)
1. Burst or shatter violently, as a result of rapid combustion or excessive internal pressure
2. Suddenly express strong emotion


Explosion /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/

Noun
1. A violent release of energy (e.g. mechanical, nuclear or chemical)
2. A bursting due to pressure
3. The sound of an explosion
4. A sudden increase
5. A sudden outburst


Fade /feɪd/

Verb (to fade)
1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither
2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color
3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish


Firework

Noun
1. A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration


Fog /fɒg/

Noun
1. A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud
2. A mist or film clouding a surface
3. A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion
4. A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image

Fog bank
Noun
1. A dense mass of fog, specially at sea

Verb (to fog)
1. Cover or become covered with steam
2. Bewilder or puzzle
3. Treat with something in the form of a spray
4. Make (a film, negative or print) obscure or cloudy


Foggy

Adjective (foggier, foggiest)
1. Full of or accompanied by fog
2. Confused


Forget /fəˈgɛt/

Verb (to forget)
1. To lose remembrance of
2. To unintentionally not do, neglect
3. To cease remembering


Forgetfulness

Noun
1. The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind
2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion
3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention


Haze /heɪz/

Noun
1. Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility
2. The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent
3. Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine
4. Mental confusion; the state of being in a haze


Hazy

Adjective (hazier, haziest)
1. Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze
2. Not clear or transparent
3. Obscure; confused; not clear


Interpretation

Noun
1. The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction
2. The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning3. The power or explaining
4. An artist’s way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature
5. The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases


Invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/

Adjective
1. Not able to be seen; not visible


Lethargy

Noun
1. A state of fatigue, sluggishness, lassitude and inactivity
2. A state of apathy with lack of emotion or interest
3. A state of comatose torpor


Memory /ˈmɛməɹi/

Noun
1. The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will
2. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism


Mist

Noun
1. A cloud of small water droplets in the atmosphere at or near the earth’s surface, limiting visibility to a lesser extent than fog
2. A condensed vapour settling on a surface
3. A blurring of the sight

Verb (to mist)
1. Cover or be covered with mist


Misunderstanding

Noun
1. A mistake as to the meaning of something; erroneous interpretation; misconception
2. A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel


Oblivion /ə’blɪvɪən/

Noun
1. The state of forgetfulness or distraction
2. The state of being completely forgotten


Oblivious

Adjective (more oblivious, most oblivious)
1. Lacking awareness; unmindful
2. Failing to remember; forgetful


Perception /pəˈsɛpʃən/

1. Conscious understanding of something
2. Vision (ability)
3. Acuity
4. That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood; that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition or deduction


Phenomenal

Adjective
1. Remarkable or exceptional, in particular exceptionally good
2. Perceptible through immediate experience or by the senses


Phenomenalism

Noun
1. The doctrine that human knowledge is confined to the appearances presented to the senses


Phenomenology

Noun
1. The science of phenomena as distinct from that of the nature of being
2. An approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience


Phenomenon

Noun
1. A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen
2. The object of a person’s perception
3. A remarkable person


Reality

Noun
1. The state of being actual or real
2. A real entity, event or other fact
3. The entirety of all that is real
4. An individual observer’s own subjective perception of that which is real


Remember

Verb (to remember)
1. To recall from one’s memory; to have an image in one’s memory
2. To memorize; to put something into memory
3. To not forget (to do something required)
4. To engage in the process of recalling memories


See /si/

Verb (to see)
1. To perceive with the eyes
2. To perceive or detect as if by sight
3. To form a mental picture of
4. To understand
5. To witness or observe by personal experience


Sense /sɛns/

1. One of the methods for a living being to gather data about the world; sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste
2. A general conscious awareness
3. Sound practical judgment, as in common sense
4. The meaning, reason, or value of something
5. A natural appreciation or ability
6. The way that a referent is presented
7. A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary


Sight /saɪt/

Noun
1. The ability to see
2. Something seen
3. Something worth seeing

Verb (to sight)
1. To visually register
2. To get sight of (something)
3. To take aim at


Sleep /sliːp/

Noun
1. The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm
2. An act or instance of sleeping
3. A substance found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep; reduced consciousness

Verb (to sleep)
1. To rest in a state of reduced consciousness


Souvenir /suːvn̩ɪə/

Noun
1. An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location
2. Memory

Verb (se souvenir)
1. To remember


Vague

Adjective (vaguer, vaguest)
1. Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms
2. Not having a precise meaning
3. Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight
4. Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious
5. Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely
6. Lacking expression; vacant
7. Not sharply outlined; hazy


Vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/

Verb (to vanish)
1. To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed
2. To become equal to zero


Visible

Adjective (more visible, most visible)
1. Able to be seen


Vision /ˈvɪʒ(ə)n/

Noun
1. The sense or ability of sight
2. Something imaginary one thinks one sees
3. An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires
4. A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
5. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty