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1. stound<\/strong> — a throbbing pain; ache<\/p>\n

Her unkind words left a <\/em>stound in my heart.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. calced<\/strong> — wearing shoes<\/p>\n

According to past popular misconception, the <\/em>calced natives of the South consisted solely of the upper class.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. feckless<\/strong> — irresponsible, unreliable<\/p>\n

The <\/em>feckless attempts of politicians to fulfill their campaign promises were overmatched by their insistent need for more and more cash.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. catalectic<\/strong> — missing the last metrical foot in a line of verse<\/p>\n

He died singing “Mary Had A Little Lamb”, his sudden attack leaving only the <\/em>catalectic “Her fleece was white….”<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. asseverate<\/strong> — assert, aver<\/p>\n

We must <\/em>asseverate that our children’s happiness depends upon happy parents.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. quondam<\/strong> — former, at one time<\/p>\n

The <\/em>quondam Alaska governor now contemplates her presidential aspirations.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. lustrum<\/strong> — a five year period<\/p>\n

Soviet Russia’s several <\/em>lustrums of so-called economic “planning” led instead to unintended chaos and famine.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. turgid<\/strong> — pompous, overblown<\/p>\n

He made some good points in his essay, but they were difficult to discern beneath his <\/em>turgid prose.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. ineluctable<\/strong> — inescapable<\/p>\n

Comes the day when the <\/em>ineluctable pressure of rising interest rates and late fees for missed payments plunges the borrower into debt he can never repay.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. dote<\/strong> — to be foolish, especially due to old age<\/p>\n

As my maudlin thoughts turn to imagined ideas of ‘how it used to be’, I <\/em>dote and panic before each new technology.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. stound — a throbbing pain; ache Her unkind words left a stound in my heart.   2. calced — wearing shoes According to past popular misconception, the calced natives of the South consisted solely of the upper class.   3. feckless — irresponsible, unreliable The feckless attempts of politicians to fulfill their campaign promises … <\/p>\n

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