PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.
EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.
Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.
AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.