fatuity
parry
netherworld
cajolery
clairvoyance

E.S.P.
palaver
block
Hades
absurdity
 
 
 
fatuity - Something that is utterly stupid or silly. 
Synonyms: absurdity, fatuousness, silliness
Usage: In his fatuity, the beggar believed the princess to be in love with him.
parry - To deflect or ward off a thrust or blow. 
Synonyms: deflect, block, dodge
Usage: To parry his move, I inched my knight closer to his king.
netherworld - The world of the dead. 
Synonyms: Scheol, underworld, Hades, Hel, infernal region, Hell
Usage: He had nightmares about going to some fiery, haunted netherworld, and 
awoke the next morning vowing to repent.
cajolery - Flattery intended to persuade. 
Synonyms: blandishment, palaver
Usage: She used every possible means of cajolery to persuade her father to take 
her to the circus.
clairvoyance - Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the 
senses. 
Synonyms: E.S.P., ESP, extrasensory perception, second sight
Usage: She felt it, and visioned it as by an unthinkable clairvoyance, and 
gasped, for the flurry of war was over
 


 


      

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