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1. whang<\/strong> \u2014 thong, strip of hide or leather<\/p>\n

He knew enough of tanning to dress his own <\/em>whang or glove leather from the small varmints he shot with his .22 rifle.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. pilchard<\/strong> \u2014 small sea fish related to the herring; sardine<\/p>\n

In spite of the war the Atlantic production of herring and <\/em>pilchard was a major source of nutrition for the home front and, especially, the armed forces of the U.S.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. excrescent<\/strong> \u2014 growing out of something abnormally; superfluous; (phonetics<\/em>) without grammatical or etymological justification<\/p>\n

While some still feel that a bureaucracy’s impulse to self-preservation is <\/em>excrescent, it should be apparent in today’s world ruled by administrators and experts and promulgators of rules and proposers of grants that the urge to organizational survival is inherent, superseding any other purpose originally proposed for a bureaucracy at its creation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. cinchona<\/strong> \u2014 evergreen tree or shrub native to the Andes, now also grown in India and Java, yielding quinine<\/p>\n

We moderns may congratulate ourselves unduly for our elevated medical knowledge, hardly acknowledging that the febrifuge <\/em>cinchona had perhaps a more powerful effect upon the course of human history than all the products of our laboratories.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. pawl<\/strong> \u2014 pivoting bar which engages with the teeth of a ratchet to lock it in place or to drive it<\/p>\n

As he tightened the ratchet strap one final time the cheap brass <\/em>pawl broke and the entire contents of his storage unit came tumbling out of the small pickup truck in a junk avalanche.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. lubricous<\/strong> \u2014 slippery, smooth and oily; unsteady; lubricious (q.v.)<\/p>\n

So enchanted were we by the <\/em>lubricous words of his plaintive tale that we gave him $120\u2014all our paper money\u2014and only wished we had more to give.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. lubricious<\/strong> \u2014 lascivious, lustful<\/p>\n

She obviously thought her talk witty and <\/em>lubricious while I found it merely well-lubricated.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. crannequin<\/strong> \u2014 hand-crank used for cocking a crossbow<\/p>\n

Now don’t worry too much about the crossbowmen, for if we move quickly and can dodge their first bolt, they won’t even be able to disengage their <\/em>crannequins before we are cutting them down with our blades.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. etiologic<\/strong> \u2014 of or relating to causes<\/p>\n

While it is true that there may be many and varied <\/em>etiologic factors in schizophrenia, it is very doubtful that the weird lip animation of <\/em>Clutch Cargo would be found among them.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. epagomenal<\/strong> \u2014 (also epagomenic<\/strong>) intercalary, particularly of the calendar of ancient Egypt<\/p>\n

During the dangerous <\/em>epagomenal days Pharaoh would supplicate Sekhmet to turn aside her wrath, while most of the populace got good and drunk.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(pathology)<\/p>\n

etiologic agent<\/strong> \u2014 infectious substance, material likely to contain a pathogen<\/p>\n

The CDC worked with the Department of Transportation to develop strong protocols for the shipment of <\/em>etiologic agents.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. whang \u2014 thong, strip of hide or leather He knew enough of tanning to dress his own whang or glove leather from the small varmints he shot with his .22 rifle.   2. pilchard \u2014 small sea fish related to the herring; sardine In spite of the war the Atlantic production of herring and … <\/p>\n

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