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1. eyot<\/strong> — small island, particularly in a river<\/p>\n

The raft ran aground upon the small, treeless <\/em>eyot which lay in the center of the large bend in the river.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. calcareous<\/strong> — of or like chalk<\/p>\n

The lizard’s <\/em>calcareous medication may have added to the constipation of the gecko.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. halitus<\/strong> — exhalation or vapor<\/p>\n

As the chemical plant ejected its runoff into the stream, an unpleasant <\/em>halitus of rank odors seemed to precede the frothy spume.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. diffident<\/strong> — lacking confidence in one’s capability; timid<\/p>\n

Horace fidgeted before the apartment door, the <\/em>diffident bookkeeper hoping perhaps that the young lady would not be at home after all.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. epithalamium<\/strong> — song or poem in honor of newly married couple (also epithalamion<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

The bawdy limerick recited by the best man’s soon-to-be-former best friend was the <\/em>epithalamium which ended all toasts at the reception.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. higgle<\/strong> — to negotiate in a petty manner<\/p>\n

Roger would <\/em>higgle over the most trivial details in a contract, especially when he couldn’t get any of his truly significant demands.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. battledore<\/strong> — badminton racket<\/p>\n

In her hands the light <\/em>battledore became a blur of speed, pummeling the shuttlecock with precise, stacatto strokes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. eleemosynary<\/strong> –about alms or charity<\/p>\n

While waiting for the light to change, the BMW driver gave the one-armed homeless man standing on the traffic island an <\/em>eleemosynary Jack Chick tract.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. lich gate<\/strong> — small roofed gate to a churchyard<\/p>\n

The pastor would stand at the <\/em>lich gate at the end of the service to shake hands with his departing parishioners.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. scapegrace<\/strong> — entirely unrepentant and disreputable scoundrel<\/p>\n

The young <\/em>scapegrace believed even his six weeks sentence of community service to be too onerous for his brutal assault upon the orphaned teddy bear crafter.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. eyot — small island, particularly in a river The raft ran aground upon the small, treeless eyot which lay in the center of the large bend in the river.   2. calcareous — of or like chalk The lizard’s calcareous medication may have added to the constipation of the gecko.   3. halitus — … <\/p>\n

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