placid
A peaceful calmness; serene.
infallible
Beyond reproach; perfect; right beyond all question.
abattoir
Slaughterhouse; butcher shop.
facile
Superficial; shallow and trite.
fetid
In a rotten state; putrid, decaying and foul.
hysterical
An elevated sense of agitated excitement, often stimulated by fright or anxiety.
complement
A supplement; accompanied by; partnered with.
peculiar
Strange and unusual; weird and atypical.
peregrine
Foreign and outlandish.
interrogation
Questioning someone in a manner consistent with a cross-examination in a courtroom.
dainty
Fragile and exquisite; delicate and elegant.
jaunty
Carefree and lively with just a touch of cockiness.
menagerie
A collection of animals.
withered
Wasting away; skeletal; sickly and close to death.
immortal
Incapable of dying; god-like; eternal.
infiltrate
To penetrate secretly; to insinuate.
persecute
To single out for punishment.
quickening
Hurrying; rushing; speeding up; hastening an arrival.
iconic
The model or ultimate personification of an entity.
Ymbrynes
Ymbrynes are peculiars that are able to manipulate time and change into birds.
Loop
A loop is a day that a ymbryne chooses to repeat endlessly to protect child peculiar. Only peculiars are able to enter loops, and they do not age in the loop.
Hollowgast
A hollowgasts are ex-peculiars who like to feed off of peculiars. They are invisible to almost every peculiar. Jacob Portman is one of the peculiars who can see hollowgasts.
Wights
A wight is a hollowgast who has eaten enough peculiars to regain their human form. They look exactly like normal people except that their eyes are white.
Monster
Hollowgasts are commonly referred to as monsters since they act like them.
Envoy
An envoy is a glimpse of something.
Squelch
A squelch is a soft sucking sound.
Succession
Succession means following a previous event.
Carom
Carom means bounce or rebound.
