“No one, wise Kublai, knows better than you that the city
must never be confused with the words that describe it.” (pg 61)
Amethyst: a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem.
Balustrades: a railing with supporting balusters.
Cedar: any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Filigree: delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls andarabesques.
Mullioned: a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
Raffia: a fiber obtained from the leaves of the raffia palm, used for tying plants and other objects and for making mats, baskets, hats, andthe like.
Lathe: a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against atool that shapes it.
Sojourn: a temporary stay
Pediments: (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting acolonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
Punctilious: strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
Zebus: one of a domesticated form of cattle, Bos taurus indicus, of India,having a large hump over the shoulders and a large dewlap.
Spire: a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike constructionupon a tower, roof, etc.
Hempen: of, like, or pertaining to hemp.
Hemp: a tall, coarse plant,Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of avaluable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish.
Consign: to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to ).
Wastrel: a wasteful person; spendthrift.
Sponger: a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others; parasite.
Denouement: the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
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