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1. tetrachromat<\/strong> \u2014 person who is able to perceive many more colors than usual due to a fourth type of cone cells in the retina<\/p>\n

Only women can be born as <\/em>tetrachromats, because the gene for red and green cones is on the X chromosome.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. addle<\/strong> \u2014 to make (eggs) rotten<\/p>\n

Though this scorching heat has <\/em>addled all our eggs, our prize hen still insists upon sitting atop her ruined brood.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. wale<\/strong> \u2014 ridge or mark upon the skin produced by lash or cane; raised line in fabric; gunwale; horizontal timbers used for bracing piles<\/p>\n

Along the sloping rock face the cofferdam was supported by a frame of <\/em>wales with diagonal struts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. allodial<\/strong> \u2014 of property held absolutely without rights accruing to a feudal superior<\/p>\n

The ancient German law dictated that <\/em>allodial estates could be inherited only by kindred.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. sistrum<\/strong> \u2014 ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of metal frame with transverse rods which rattled when shaken by the attached handle<\/p>\n

The lament of the priestess was underlined by the shivering <\/em>sistra and punctuated by the beating tambour.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. flaw<\/strong> \u2014 sudden wind blast; brief gale or storm; abrupt outburst of feeling<\/p>\n

The sloop was caught broadsides by the thundering <\/em>flaw and the jibing boom struck Harrison, flinging him into the dark river before the crew noticed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. sudorific<\/strong> \u2014 related to or causing sweat; drug which causes perspiration<\/p>\n

Though I knew better, having previous experience of this dingy restaurant, still I cast sense and caution aside and dipped my chips into the <\/em>sudorific salsa in the tripod molcajete on the table.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. blatherskite<\/strong> (also bletherskite<\/strong>, bletherskate<\/strong>) \u2014 speaker of arrant nonsense; such nonsense<\/p>\n

Where once we placed our worst <\/em>blatherskites in Congress where they could do no harm, now we give them television shows and pay heed to all of their flapdoodle as if it were holy writ.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. bothy<\/strong> \u2014 small cottage or hut, usu. of only a single room<\/p>\n

We repaired to a <\/em>bothy that my guide knew of, to enjoy our first day’s catch and rest before returning to our angling.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. venireman<\/strong> \u2014 person summoned as a potential juror<\/p>\n

Seventy-two male and female <\/em>veniremen were brought in for the voir dire, and it seemed at first that the number would be insufficient, so fixed was public opinion in the scandalous case.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. tetrachromat \u2014 person who is able to perceive many more colors than usual due to a fourth type of cone cells in the retina Only women can be born as tetrachromats, because the gene for red and green cones is on the X chromosome.   2. addle \u2014 to make (eggs) rotten Though this … <\/p>\n

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