Professor Gunn's Vocabulary Lesson - "Inspiration."

Obfuscate -

1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand.
2. To render indistinct or dim; darken.

"Are those layers and layers of deconstruction that we identify with Santino's work serving to obfuscate a mediocre technician? Oh dear. Let's hope not."

Eviscerate -

1. To remove the entrails of; disembowel.
2. To take away a vital or essential part of.

"...and poor Nick has just been eviscerated."


Ebullient -

1. Zestfully enthusiastic.
2. Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.

"The Nick I know is up and ebullient, and great fun and enthusiastic about everything..."


Laudable -

Deserving commendation; praiseworthy.

...and in most cases one wouldn’t know what the point of departure was without having the photograph in hand, which I thought was laudable.


Egregious -

Conspicuously bad or offensive.

"One can construct a garment really badly and be aware of and do their best to try to hide it, but this was so egregious, hiding it wasn’t possible."

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