The Exorcist Words 17-33

Merry Christmas!  Nothing says "Happy Holidays" like a demon-possed 12 year old--and that's what you have here today.  At long last, The Exorcist vocabulary list is completed.  Let's skip the fluff and jump straight to the chase.  Words seventeen through thirty-three after the jump.

languidly, non sequitur, novenas, obdurately, proffered, profligate, promulgate, purveyed, sacristan, sedulous, sententious, sibilant, somnambulism, somnolent, tetany, tumefied, valise

The Exorcist Words 1-16

Hello Readers!

I’m sorry for my small disappearance.  October has been a rough month.  Two surgeries and catching up in school.  Thankfully, I'm feeling much better and am almost caught up in school.  

There are so many good words in The Exorcist!  There were initially 50-ish words I wanted to explore, but I’ve chosen 33 to define.  I’ve broken them up into two sections of about 16 words.  The examples are sentences from the book, unless noted otherwise.  Also, almost all of the definitions are taken from dictionary.com--in most cases verbatim.  You can go to the site to hear and see pronunciation. 

assuage, balustrade, belie, breviary, brogue, cassock, catting, circumlocutions, debenture, droshky, ersatz, esplanade, excoriating, fey, garrulous, inchoate

(my top three favorite words on this list are underlined)

See the definitions of words 1-16 after the jump.

William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty is a caucasian, Roman Catholic, American author and filmmaker born on January 7, 1928.  And would you believe he's still alive and kicking!  He is most known for his novel and his part in making the movie The Exorcist.  He is married and had six children (three boys and three girls). He got his education at Georgetown University.  He has written many books.  A couple of other notable novels are Legion (1983) and I, Billy Shakespeare (1969).  You can find out more about Blatty here.  You can also learn neat trivia and Blatty's role in the production of the movie here.  Blatty and his books can also be found on Goodreads.com

Here is a list of words that didn't make the cut.  They didn't make it because I could gather what they meant from context, I just liked the word, or there was a pretty good chance I would come across these again in other books.  There are 49 of them after the jump.

"Heeeere's Johnny!"

So.  I'm back.  Again.  I wish I could say I did something cool on my hiatus--like vacationed in Hawaii or was "walker" on the T.V. show The Walking Dead, but I didn't.  I did lots of school.  And I guess that's cool, because I feel smarter.  I've done lots of reading.  Many many books.  Well...as many as I can read with my crazy school schedule.  Quite honestly, the number of books I consumed pale in comparison to the number of books Wendy Darling has read.  You can check her out here.

I have most recently read Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, Native Son by Richard Wright, and The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.  Normally I would like to break up the book into smaller vocabulary sections, but I think with this first book I'll do a list of words that were good, but I didn't define.  The second list will be a word list--complete with definitions and examples from either the book or some other source.  I will put up words for the other books if I have time, but I'm thinking my first post will be about The Exorcist.

Until next time :)

"I rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterward."--Albert Einstein