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1. doula<\/strong> \u2014 trained woman assisting mother during and after childbirth <\/p>\n

Though the <\/em>doula may provide emotional support and practical advice, she differs from a midwife in that she cannot perform medical activities.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. congener<\/strong> \u2014 something of the same type as another; living organism belonging to same genus as another; fusel alcohols and other chemicals produced during fermentation (besides ethanol) which give a liquor its characteristic taste<\/p>\n

Many claim that drinking very pure vodka almost obviates the risk of hangover, citing its near lack of <\/em>congeners which some suppose engenders the morning-after malaise.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. doughty<\/strong> \u2014 brave and resolute, valiant<\/p>\n

“So once more, my <\/em>doughty comrades, up and at them!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. protanopia<\/strong> \u2014 daltonism, color-blindness between red and green<\/p>\n

The prevalence among males of <\/em>protanopia is one reason for the standardized red-yellow-green sequence of traffic lights, though in some cases the inability to detect red colors can make the sufferer unable to detect whether the red light is actually off or on.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. garrote<\/strong> \u2014 to kill by strangling, esp. with a thin cord or wire; to kill with iron collar formerly used in Spain for executions<\/p>\n

Christopher Lee, like all British commandos, was taught dozens of ways of dealing death, from a sudden knife thrust to the spine to <\/em>garroting a sentry from above.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. culm<\/strong> \u2014 [botany<\/em>] plant stem, esp. of grass or sedge<\/p>\n

In order to more fairly compare the two yields, we shall measure the number of grains per <\/em>culm in our study.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. culm<\/strong> \u2014 waste coal or coal dust; inferior anthracite<\/p>\n

To most effectively use all this excess <\/em>culm, however, it must be dried and pulverized to obtain anything like a steady heat.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. piezometer<\/strong> \u2014 instrument for measuring pressure of fluid, or compressibility of same<\/p>\n

To better understand the strata permeability, a series of fourteen <\/em>piezometers was placed about the tract.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. hipshot<\/strong> \u2014 having one hip lower than the other<\/p>\n

He shuffled <\/em>hipshot towards me, his characteristic ungainly gait the result of some childhood boating accident I’d been told, but the crabbed look on his face needed no explanation, save that he was just pure mean through and through.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. Malagasy<\/strong> \u2014 person from Madagascar<\/p>\n

The second mate was a <\/em>Malagasy whose smile grew bigger with each abusive order he threw at his gang of lascars in the pinnace.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(divination)<\/p>\n

splanchnomancy<\/strong> \u2014 divination by examination of human entrails from victim sacrificed for that purpose<\/p>\n

Though some later Christians accused the ancient Romans of <\/em>splanchnomancy, in fact those pagans practiced haruspicy, the art of reading portents from the viscera of sacrificed animals, not humans.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. doula \u2014 trained woman assisting mother during and after childbirth Though the doula may provide emotional support and practical advice, she differs from a midwife in that she cannot perform medical activities.   2. congener \u2014 something of the same type as another; living organism belonging to same genus as another; fusel alcohols and … <\/p>\n

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