Thursday, August 19, 2010
zenana: harem; system of segregating women in harems
On those days the men insisted on planting themselves in front of the television and consuming immeasurable amounts of food whose dishes they had no intention of cleaning, she dreamed of life in a zenana where testosterone only pervaded the premises briefly and for good reason. The men might have agreed with such an idea, had she revealed her thoughts to them.
zeigarnik (n): tendency to remember an uncompleted rather than a completed task
George's inadequacies were largely imagined: he had graduated at the top of his class and was rapidly climbing the corporate ladder. Still, his zeigarnik accosted him at least once a day--transporting him back to a time years earlier when his nervous fingers had marred his first piano performance. While his parents had long forgotten the error--if they had even noticed it initially, George would never forgive himself for disrespecting Bach.
zatetic (adj): pondering, questioning
Her zatetic gaze inspired shallow breaths and a deep fear. Did he answer her question with the truth or resort to storks as the explanation for his daughter's existence?
Changes -- at least temporarily
Attempting to write a cohesive story/paragraph is way too time-consuming...so I'll settle for individual sentences for each word. Perhaps attempting to assemble them after the fact will be more entertaining for everyone involved?
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