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1. uffish<\/strong> — “a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish” [Lewis Carroll]<\/p>\n

Our path into the bar was blocked by an <\/em>uffish oaf who, claiming some sort of r\u00f4le as a bouncer, sought to gainsay our entry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. tympany<\/strong> — swelling of the bowels caused by a build up of gas in the intestines<\/p>\n

The political flatus has grown so rapidly that Washington is threatened by an explosive <\/em>tympany of casuistry, equivocation, and rationalization.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. idiolect<\/strong> — an individual’s particular speech pattern<\/p>\n

The <\/em>idiolects of graduate students, particularly in the humanities, become so specialized that they grow all but incomprehensible to others not mired in the same field of study.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. futilitarian<\/strong> — someone who believes that hope is useless<\/p>\n

Though trouble seems always to haunt the strivings of the human race, and the cannibals are often at the gates, I refuse to turn <\/em>futilitarian.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. gelotophobia<\/strong> — fear of being the object of laughter<\/p>\n

As they gathered around the piano, laughing at his putrid playing of “Chopsticks”, Andy felt his <\/em>gelotophobia recrudescing, in spite of Dr. Whalen’s three-year course of reverse aversion therapy.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. devolve<\/strong> — to be passed from one to another<\/p>\n

As his parole officer arrested Tommy for another silly violation — something to do with a dog, a needle, and open containers — Ren\u00e9e realized that the care and feeding of Tommy’s pet skunk had suddenly <\/em>devolved upon her.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. appanage<\/strong> — a customary accompaniment<\/p>\n

Cheese or mustard, or even both together, is the <\/em>appanage of tasteless chili in certain parts of the South.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. import<\/strong> — meaning; significance<\/p>\n

The <\/em>import of his frenzied motions, his hands clutching violently at his throat while his lips began to turn blue, was clear: he did not like the chili.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. bole<\/strong> — tree trunk<\/p>\n

A small, rusty casket lay beneath the <\/em>bole of the elm, uncovered after the tree’s death at the hands of the Dutch.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. slough<\/strong> — a state of profound despair [pronounced “sloo”]<\/p>\n

And so sliding through addiction into a <\/em>slough of bleak inanition, Jim finally found himself staring out over the precipice into the utter blackness, willing the darkness to take his misery once and for all.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. uffish — “a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish” [Lewis Carroll] Our path into the bar was blocked by an uffish oaf who, claiming some sort of r\u00f4le as a bouncer, sought to gainsay our entry.   2. tympany — swelling of the bowels caused … <\/p>\n

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