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1. squamous<\/strong> \u2014 composed of scales, covered with scales, scaly<\/p>\n

She had gotten too close to her idol, and now perceived that the shoulders of his fashionable rope sweater were covered in <\/em>squamous dandruff flakes, and that he had quite hairy ears.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. cryptesthesia<\/strong> \u2014 perception by hidden or paranormal means, such as clairaudience or clairvoyance<\/p>\n

Welker preferred to denote the phenomenon as <\/em>cryptesthesia rather than mind reading, reasoning that some quite mundane mechanism may have delivered the information to the recipient though that person remained unaware how he gained the knowledge.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. bombinate<\/strong> \u2014 to buzz, to hum<\/p>\n

I prefer <\/em>The Well-Tempered Clavier of Glenn Gould myself, though I confess that when he <\/em>bombinates continually it can be somewhat distracting.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. hayward<\/strong> \u2014 officer in charge of fences and enclosures, esp. to prevent stray cattle from a commons encroaching upon enclosed fields<\/p>\n

The tanner filed a cross-complaint, alleging that his sole milk cow had been maliciously seized by the <\/em>hayward, who had conspired with Gertrude to allege bovine trespass where none had actually occurred.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. analeptic<\/strong> \u2014 strengthening, restoring, invigorating; awakening, esp. from drugged state<\/p>\n

After so much weak tea and jello, her <\/em>analeptic chicken soup was just the restorative I needed to cast aside my sick bed and return to the world of the living.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. blether<\/strong> (also blather<\/strong> or blither<\/strong>) \u2014 to talk nonsense volubly; to babble<\/p>\n

He really did perform quite heroic feats during the war, you know, though of course we all just assume his tales are false because he is always <\/em>blethering on about some impossible adventure that current events happen to remind him of.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. vervain<\/strong> \u2014 verbena officinalis<\/em>, a common European plant once much used for its supposed medicinal qualities<\/p>\n

I see where druids walked the groves of Mona\u2014I see the mistletoe and <\/em>vervain<\/em><\/p>\n

[Whitman]<\/p>\n

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8. pavonine<\/strong> \u2014 of or like or resembling a peacock<\/p>\n

Leave it to Richard Feynman to demonstrate the mysteries of quantum electrodynamics through the <\/em>pavonine iridescence of a droplet of oil on water.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. threap<\/strong> \u2014 to chide, scold, rebuke, blame, reprove; to bicker, argue, quarrel, dispute<\/p>\n

It is foolish to have any discussion with him, as he will <\/em>threap that the color red is heavier than the blue of the noonday sky, and similar nonsense.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. torpid<\/strong> \u2014 dormant, unmoving; sluggish, inactive; lacking vigor, apathetic<\/p>\n

Too benumbed even to bother picking up the remote, the <\/em>torpid young man watched unseeing as Vanilla Ice remodeled yet another fixer-upper during the television marathon.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. squamous \u2014 composed of scales, covered with scales, scaly She had gotten too close to her idol, and now perceived that the shoulders of his fashionable rope sweater were covered in squamous dandruff flakes, and that he had quite hairy ears.   2. cryptesthesia \u2014 perception by hidden or paranormal means, such as clairaudience … <\/p>\n

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