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1. bolt<\/strong> \u2014 [botany<\/em>] to change rapidly from growing primarily leaves to produce instead seeds and flowers<\/p>\n

Spinach plants will <\/em>bolt in hot weather conditions, leaving a plant with a very bitter taste (if it does not become entirely inedible).<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. verge<\/strong> \u2014 rod or staff carried as badge of office<\/p>\n

You can see the first duke in the portrait which still hangs above the library fireplace, with his determined gaze beneath his coronet and cap, the <\/em>verge of gold in his hands, and at his feet a pair of lurchers seeming almost small beneath his looming presence.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. belletrist<\/strong> \u2014 writer of artistic and literary criticism<\/p>\n

Chesterton was always better as <\/em>belletrist than as novelist.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. biro<\/strong> \u2014 [British<\/em>] ballpoint pen<\/p>\n

Thad slid a <\/em>biro across the desk and silently pointed to the document awaiting my signature.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. hemidemisemiquaver<\/strong> \u2014 sixty-fourth note<\/p>\n

Nobody can really be expected to play a <\/em>hemidemisemiquaver on the trumpet, and I’m pretty sure he only put those in the music so he could say the word over and over.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. carbuncle<\/strong> \u2014 severe subcutaneous abscess; red sore on nose or face caused by drinking; red or fiery gem <\/p>\n

I had been warned not to believe Darnton when the <\/em>carbuncle on his nose glowed, though I quickly realized that when the former priest was in his cups he would say almost anything.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. inchoate<\/strong> \u2014 incipient, not yet fully formed, unordered<\/p>\n

Almost at once the <\/em>inchoate republic was beset by troubles both external and internal.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. viridescent<\/strong> \u2014 greenish<\/p>\n

The surface of the muddy river was tinged with a <\/em>viridescent glow caused, no doubt, by the efflorescence of algae.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. pelagic<\/strong> \u2014 of or relating to the open sea, oceanic<\/p>\n

So successful were these first <\/em>pelagic fishing expeditions that the exploration of the inner forest was postponed for several years.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. jocund<\/strong> \u2014 merry, cheerful, blithe<\/p>\n

Slowly the <\/em>jocund wedding party made their way down the path to the dappled grove.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. bolt \u2014 [botany] to change rapidly from growing primarily leaves to produce instead seeds and flowers Spinach plants will bolt in hot weather conditions, leaving a plant with a very bitter taste (if it does not become entirely inedible).   2. verge \u2014 rod or staff carried as badge of office You can see … <\/p>\n

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