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1. lac<\/strong> (also lakh<\/strong>) \u2014 (in India<\/em>) one hundred thousand, esp. of rupees; (fig.<\/em>) a large, indeterminate number<\/p>\n

He died as he lived, the master of <\/em>lac on <\/em>lac of rupees, without even an ostentatious tomb to mark his passing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. indiction<\/strong> \u2014 fifteen year time period used in Roman Empire from time of Constantine into the Middle Ages; also denotes particular year within an indiction, e.g. “twelfth indiction” meaning twelfth year of (a given) indiction<\/p>\n

The ships left London on the third day of December in the tenth <\/em>indiction for the Mediterranean Sea with the young duke on board with all his retinue.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. settle<\/strong> \u2014 long high-backed bench; something to sit upon<\/p>\n

The sacrifices were placed upon a rough stone <\/em>settle at the foot of the altar.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. apolune<\/strong> \u2014 highest point of an orbit around a moon<\/p>\n

The Eagle reached its initial <\/em>apolune of approximately 55 miles within an hour of lift off from the moon’s surface.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. pone<\/strong> \u2014 bread made from corn; loaf of such (or other) bread<\/p>\n

And now this beggar, who would have been delighted to get even a half <\/em>pone and some pork fat, became quite selective when presented with a choice of desserts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. shambolic<\/strong> \u2014 messy, very disorganized<\/p>\n

The film is merely a <\/em>shambolic display of CGI set pieces of explosions loosely tied together with a fractured plot ruined further by pointless dialogue delivered by terrible actors.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. ovine<\/strong> \u2014 of or like sheep<\/p>\n

He disdains all of his <\/em>ovine followers even when meeting them one-on-one, going so far as to say plainly to them, “You’re not that important.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. enosis<\/strong> \u2014 political union of Greece and Cyprus; movement seeking such a union<\/p>\n

Naturally, Erdogan’s latest actions have subjected the already strained politics of <\/em>enosis to even stronger pressures.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. dysania<\/strong> \u2014 difficulty in getting out of bed<\/p>\n

I wish I had been able to label as <\/em>dysania what my unfeeling mother called “just being a teenager”.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. weir<\/strong> \u2014 small dam in a stream; fence or net in waterway for catching fish<\/p>\n

A well-placed <\/em>weir provided the entire village and much of the surrounding community with herring.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. lac (also lakh) \u2014 (in India) one hundred thousand, esp. of rupees; (fig.) a large, indeterminate number He died as he lived, the master of lac on lac of rupees, without even an ostentatious tomb to mark his passing.   2. indiction \u2014 fifteen year time period used in Roman Empire from time of … <\/p>\n

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