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1. leman<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] lover; mistress<\/p>\n

‘Twas an open secret that the fisher’s daughter was the <\/em>leman of the ruddy-cheeked monk, though perhaps Brother Peter misguessed how widespread was this common knowledge.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. defalcation<\/strong> \u2014 misappropriation (as of funds), embezzlement; shortfall, loss<\/p>\n

The gambler’s fallacy gave way to a frenzied need to make up the <\/em>defalcation by any means possible.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. responsions<\/strong> \u2014 first of three examinations a bachelor of arts candidate must pass at Oxford University<\/p>\n

For the Greek portion of the <\/em>responsions he had focused upon two plays of Aeschylus, <\/em>The Persians and <\/em>Prometheus Bound, and was disturbed when Rudolf Westphal publicly cast doubts upon the famous playwright’s authorship of the latter.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. actantial<\/strong> \u2014 of a mode of semiotic analysis whereby the action is broken down into various structural roles performed<\/p>\n

One may doubt (as this reviewer doubts) whether any gain is made by the <\/em>actantial method of breaking down the story into the roles played by the hero, the villain, the princess, etc., when even the fourfold biblical interpretation of medieval scholars seems to produce more insight.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. lucubrate<\/strong> \u2014 to write or to study intensely, esp. at night<\/p>\n

His eyes were weak, damaged by hours spent <\/em>lucubrating upon some ponderous tome by the poor light of inferior tapers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. linn<\/strong> \u2014 [Scots<\/em>] waterfall; pool beneath waterfall<\/p>\n

Neatly folded atop a stern stone standing like a dark gray table by the side of the <\/em>linn was the pale blue dress he had seen her wearing the evening before at MacGregor’s party.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. filibuster<\/strong> \u2014 speech obstructing progress in legislature; unauthorized military adventurer in foreign land; freebooter<\/p>\n

Though scant evidence exists now, it is rumored that he turned <\/em>filibuster during the troubles in China, and some state as fact (though none can present proof of the claim) that it was there that he lost his left eye and hand.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. oneiric<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to dreams or dreaming<\/p>\n

The broken contours and jarring colors perplexed him, held him fascinated, as if the wide canvas taunted him with some secret just out of range of his pedestrian vision, some revelation within its <\/em>oneiric imagery that was not vouchsafed to such an uncultured oaf as he knew himself to be.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. obtrusive<\/strong> \u2014 projecting or imposing in the way; overly forward<\/p>\n

Startled, I turned, and saw once more the <\/em>obtrusive postman leaning in his habitually insouciant attitude against the doorframe, a toothpick clenched in his smiling teeth.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. kegling<\/strong> \u2014 bowling<\/p>\n

The chairman was an avowed <\/em>kegling monomaniac, and even had a single lane built for the use of himself and his friends at his mountain retreat in Jasper\u2014though of course by necessity he had to rely upon a human pinsetter there, usually drafted from one of the hangers-on that surrounded him always.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(abbreviation, Latin)<\/p>\n

p.p.<\/strong> \u2014 per procurationem<\/em>, by proxy<\/p>\n

Nor do we even have a sample of her handwriting, as every document was signed by her secretary, “Jackson Smythe <\/em>p.p. Rosalyn Rutherford”.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. leman \u2014 [archaic] lover; mistress ‘Twas an open secret that the fisher’s daughter was the leman of the ruddy-cheeked monk, though perhaps Brother Peter misguessed how widespread was this common knowledge.   2. defalcation \u2014 misappropriation (as of funds), embezzlement; shortfall, loss The gambler’s fallacy gave way to a frenzied need to make up … <\/p>\n

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