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1. horripilate<\/strong> \u2014 to have the hairs of one’s skin stand on end, from cold or fear, etc.<\/p>\n

I knew, I guess, when I felt her neck hairs <\/em>horripilate at the mere mention of the doctor’s name.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. chert<\/strong> \u2014 flinty quartz rock<\/p>\n

You can’t touch the front driveway, but we’re putting in a new surface for a basketball court in the rear, so you can take the <\/em>chert off our back.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. intransigent<\/strong> \u2014 irreconcilable, inflexible, uncompromising<\/p>\n

In spite of our neighbor’s <\/em>intransigent attitude we are going ahead with the project, hoping that it will be easier to apologize than to gain permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. extrados<\/strong> \u2014 exterior or upper curve of an arch<\/p>\n

Though all the surface material had worn away, or\u2014more likely\u2014been stolen, the curves of the <\/em>extradoses forming the outer shell of the subterranean crypt were intact and entirely visible now that the grasses had died.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. gravamen<\/strong> \u2014 most grievous part of an accusation; grievance<\/p>\n

Of course most believe that the ‘off-the-books’ campaign funds were intended to persuade the congressmen to introduce legislation favoring the Sweet Times Coal Company, which was the true <\/em>gravamen of the charges against those representatives.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. ormolu<\/strong> \u2014 gold-colored alloy of copper and zinc<\/p>\n

It was an era and an area where every home had an <\/em>ormolu clock upon the mantle with matching candelabra at either end. <\/em><\/p>\n

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7. rachitic<\/strong> \u2014 of or having rickets<\/p>\n

Sadder still than the lorn women or the despairing men were the <\/em>rachitic children whose bowed legs could have been entirely prevented by small additions to their benighted diet.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. veriest<\/strong> \u2014 utmost<\/p>\n

In his parti-colored finery he looked to be the <\/em>veriest dandy of them all, and we found it almost incredible that this was the same sober churchman who had preached hellfire and damnation only hours earlier.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. fulgor<\/strong> \u2014 flashing and brilliant light, splendor<\/p>\n

Our horses started and we stared, all of us stunned by the refulgent <\/em>fulgor that flashed from the golden domes in the rising sun’s breathtaking light.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. ferruginous<\/strong> \u2014 of the color of rust, reddish brown; containing rust or iron oxides<\/p>\n

They had hoped for some tidy sum for the pile of junk left behind in the back yard, but the only thing of interest was a <\/em>ferruginous cast iron skillet that unfortunately was too rusted to be restored.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. horripilate \u2014 to have the hairs of one’s skin stand on end, from cold or fear, etc. I knew, I guess, when I felt her neck hairs horripilate at the mere mention of the doctor’s name.   2. chert \u2014 flinty quartz rock You can’t touch the front driveway, but we’re putting in a … <\/p>\n

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