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Vocabulary for 4/4

animistic belief in spiritual powers or souls residing in natural objects or forces
aridity dry, lacking in moisture; lacking in interest or feeling
chthonic earthly; humble or infernal; deities, spirits and other beings dwelling under the earth
coagulate to cause to become semi-solid, viscous, jellylike; uniting into a coherent mass
cognizant fully informed
concomitant something that exists at the same time or agrees with something else
extoll to praise highly
fecundity the quality or power of producing abundantly; fertility
languid lacking in vigor or vitality
mantic relating to the faculty of divination (forecasting the future)
predilection a predisposition of favor for something, a strong liking
prosaic dull, ordinary; lacking in imagination
somnambulism sleepwalking; a trance-like state
supine lying on the back with the face or front upward
telluric  of or relating to the earth
totemic from totem:--animal , plant, or natural object serving as emblem of clan
veristic realistic, truthful
vernissage Fr., opening of an art exhibition