March 2016 NaHaiWriMo Writing Prompts
Selected by Michael Rehling
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metadata (data that describes
other data; meta is a prefix that
in most information technology usages means “an underlying definition or
description”—been in the news a lot lately, but the word itself fascinates
me)
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truculent (eager or quick to
argue or fight; aggressively defiant)
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gestalt (an organized whole
that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts)
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extinct
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catalyst (a person or thing
that precipitates an event)
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freethinker (a person who
rejects accepted opinions)
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seclusion
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impermanent
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spatial (of or relating to space)
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hierarchy
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absolute
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organic
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murky
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intimate
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irregular
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residue
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cracker
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attrition (the action or
process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or
something through sustained attack or pressure)
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madness (Okay, I am pandering
to the American crowd with a basketball word! I plead guilty! But I do think
in a political year that all of you can find something to write about.)
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elegiac (especially of a work
of art; having a mournful quality)
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incomplete
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cosmic (of or relating to the
universe or cosmos)
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earthy
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metaphysics (the branch of
philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract
concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space)
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tweet
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gastronomic
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almost
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gone (not present : no longer
at a place: no longer existing: no longer living)
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doom (what a verb that is!)
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lyrics
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meticulous
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