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1. pharyngitis<\/strong> \u2014 inflammation of the back of the throat<\/p>\n

We were worried that her <\/em>pharyngitis was a symptom of strep, but she only had a common cold.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. gallinaceous<\/strong> \u2014 of the order of common poultry and game birds<\/p>\n

For sheer tenacity you would be hard pressed to find a challenger to the cock quail, boldest of the <\/em>gallinaceous birds.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. impostume<\/strong> \u2014 purulent swelling, abscess; moral festering sore<\/p>\n

Will we ever lance this <\/em>impostume of homelessness that begins to crowd every city street and which seems a symptom of some dark and deep political malaise lurking beneath the veneer of our modern culture?<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. frounce<\/strong> \u2014 pleat or fold (of cloth)<\/p>\n

She gathered the shelled nutmeats in a <\/em>frounce of her skirt and poured them into the pot.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. bilious<\/strong> \u2014 of or relating to bile or to excessive discharge of bile; cranky, choleric<\/p>\n

Far from the bronzed youth I knew in my youth, I found Fellowes had become a dried up <\/em>bilious old man, displeased with everything and everybody around him.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. blithe<\/strong> \u2014 heedless; jocund, merry<\/p>\n

He smiled and said, “Then we’ll just steal a taxicab” with that <\/em>blithe assurance that made him such a hit at parties and in the boardroom, and which made him such a danger to society as a whole.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. ouch<\/strong> \u2014 brooch, clasp, buckle; setting for precious stone<\/p>\n

His rich green cloak was held by a large <\/em>ouch of gold around his wide shoulders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. exoculation<\/strong> \u2014 putting out of an eye or eyes, blinding<\/p>\n

The duke decreed that Lord Lindell should be condemned to <\/em>exoculation, that the miscreant would never again set his sights so high, and as a warning to others to keep their gaze fixed upon their proper duties.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. lammergeier<\/strong> (also (lammergeyer<\/strong>) \u2014 bearded vulture<\/p>\n

I made out what our guide was pointing to in the sky: a lonely <\/em>lammergeier sailing high above the stark cliffs searching for prey or\u2014perhaps\u2014keeping an eye upon our seemingly doomed caravan.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. tweeny<\/strong> \u2014 auxiliary maidservant, assisting both the cook and housemaid<\/p>\n

Well, we kept her for a while as a <\/em>tweeny but you know the Sussex house really does not need so many servants, and besides, though it is awfully tragic, isn’t it, about her mother and all, well, one does have to step up and get on with life after all, don’t you think?<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. pharyngitis \u2014 inflammation of the back of the throat We were worried that her pharyngitis was a symptom of strep, but she only had a common cold.   2. gallinaceous \u2014 of the order of common poultry and game birds For sheer tenacity you would be hard pressed to find a challenger to the … <\/p>\n

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