Some Good Words

aleatory
AY·lee·ə·tor·ee
adj. Dependent on uncertain things, random.
anaphora
ə·NAH·fər·ə
n. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of clauses, sentences, or paragraphs.
compare epistrophe
apotheosis
ə·pah·thee·OH·sis
n. The highest point of development of something
2 Ascention to heaven; deification.
antediluvean
an·ti·də·LOO·vee·ən
adj. Of the period before the Biblical flood.
Anthropocene
AN·thrə·pə·seen
n. The current geological epoch, in which human activity has been the dominant influence on the environment.
aubade
oh·BAHD
n. A musical piece or poem about the dawn.
compare nocturne
cenotaph
SEH·nə·taf
n. A monument to someone who is buried somewhere else.
dinkus
DEEN·kus
n. A typographer’s mark of three spaced asterisks: * * *. Sometimes used as a section break or to indicate an omission.

Historically an asterism: ⁂.

ekphrasis
EK·frə·səs
n. A detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device.
epistrophe
i·PIS·trə·fee
n. Repetition of a word at the end of a series of clauses or sentences.
compare anaphora
internecene
in·tər·NƏ·seen
adj. Conflict within a group.

This meaning was accidentally invented by Samuel Johnson in his 1755 A Dictionary of the English Language. Previously, the word meant “deadly;” it’s speculated that Johnson mistook the inter as meaning “within.”

lagomorph
LA·gə·morf
n. Of the order Lagomorpha, which includes pikas, hares, and rabbits.

“I love lagomorphs, because on the one side you have sweet round bois, and on the other side you have feral wilderness prophets who have gone mad with the knowledge of the universe” —@RobotLyra (external link)

prelapsarian
pree·lap·SER·ee·ən
adj. Of the time before the Biblical Fall of Man; innocent.
synanthrope
SI·nan·thrope
n. An undomesticated animal that lives near / with humans and benefits from human changes to the environment.

Think pigeons, raccoons, ants.

synecdoche
sə·NEK·də·kee
n. A figure of speech where a part stands for the whole, or vice versa.

“Wheels” as a reference to an entire car.

Not pronounced SEYE·nə·keye·nə·DO·dee·CHO·dee (external link), although maybe it should be?

The definitions and pronunciations are incomplete; I’m highlighting the parts that interest me for one reason or another.