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fastidious: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com

fas·tid·i·ous (fă-stĭd‘ē-əs, fə-)
adj.

1. Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
2. Difficult to please; exacting.
3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety. See synonyms at meticulous.
4. Microbiology. Having complicated nutritional requirements.

[Middle English, squeamish, particular, haughty, from Old French fastidieux, from Latin fastīdiōsus, from fastīdium, squeamishness, haughtiness, probably from fastus, disdain.]

Hermes was a psychopomp

denouement: Definition and Much More From Answers.com

de·noue·ment also dé·noue·ment (dā‘nū-mäN‘)
n.

1. 1. The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot.
   2. The events following the climax of a drama or novel in which such a resolution or clarification takes place.
2. The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result.

[French dénouement, from Old French desnouement, an untying, from desnouer, to undo : des-, de- + nouer, to tie (from Latin nōdāre, from nōdus, knot).]

psychopomp: Definition and Much More From Answers.com

Psy·cho·pomp
n.

(Myth.) A leader or guide of souls . J. Fiske.

morass: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com

mo·rass (mə-răs‘, mô-)
n.

1. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.
2. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms: a morass of details.

[Dutch moeras, from Middle Dutch maras, from Old French mareis, probably of Germanic origin.]

I dreampt of a leviathan

leviathan: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com

le·vi·a·than (lə-vī‘ə-thən)
n.

1. Something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship.
2. A very large animal, especially a whale.
3. A monstrous sea creature mentioned in the Bible.

[Middle English, huge biblical sea creature, from Late Latin, from Hebrew liwyātān.]

fatuous: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com

fat·u·ous (făch‘ū-əs)
adj.

Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: “‘Don’t you like the poor lonely bachelor?’ he yammered in a fatuous way” (Sinclair Lewis). See synonyms at foolish.

[From Latin fatuus.]

faux-naïf: Definition and Much More From Answers.com

faux-na·ïf also faux-naif (fō-nä-ēf‘)
adj. Marked by a false show of innocent simplicity: “Their gee-whiz, faux-naif comportment is not always convincing” (Madison Smartt Bell).

ingénue: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com

in·gé·nue also in·ge·nue (ăN‘zhə-nū‘)
n.

1. A naive, innocent girl or young woman.
2. 1. The role of an ingénue in a dramatic production.
   2. An actress playing such a role.

[French, feminine of ingénu, guileless, from Latin ingenuus, ingenuous. See ingenuous.]

belle époque: Definition and Much More From Answers.com

belle é·poque (ā-pŭk‘)
n. An era of artistic and cultural refinement in a society, especially in France at the beginning of the 20th century.

[French : belle, beautiful + époque, era.]

savoir-faire: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com

sa·voir-faire (săv‘wär-fâr‘)
n. The ability to say or do the right or graceful thing. See synonyms at tact.

[French : savoir, to know how + faire, to do.]

humectant: Definition and Much More From Answers.com

hu·mec·tant (hyū-mĕk‘tənt)
n. A substance that promotes retention of moisture.

adj.

Promoting retention of moisture.

[From Latin hūmectāns, hūmectānt-, present participle of hūmectāre, to moisten, from hūmectus, moist, from hūmēre, to be moist.]

egress: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com

e·gress (ē‘grĕs‘)
n.

1. The act of coming or going out; emergence.
2. The right to leave or go out: denied the refugees egress.
3. A path or opening for going out; an exit.
4. Astronomy. The emergence of a celestial body from eclipse or occultation.

intr.v., e·gressed, e·gress·ing, e·gress·es.

To go out; emerge.

[Latin ēgressus, from past participle of ēgredī, to go out : ē-, ex-, ex- + gradī, to go.]