A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary. / An artistic representation of reality as it is.

Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness. / Without impediment, easily.

Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama. / (by extension, sometimes capitalized) Life outside the Internet.

The ability to reach a long distance across a table to get desired food.

(retronym) an indoor racket sport from which the modern game of tennis (lawn tennis) is descended

The technique, or an instance, of using likely guesses and assumptions, then narrowing in on any positive responses, in order to give the impression of having information about a person or event.

A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present.

A person who reads. / A person who reads a publication. / A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience. / A proofreader.

Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.

(physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms. / (figuratively) A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.