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1. stifle<\/strong> \u2014 joint between tibia and femur in rear legs of some four-legged animals, corresponding to human knee <\/p>\n

Pugs are, of course, subject to patellar luxation (also known as slipped <\/em>stifles) so you want to be sure your dog shows strength and free action through the hocks and <\/em>stifles.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. heterochromia<\/strong> \u2014 having different colored eyes<\/p>\n

In one of the most horrifying experiments, especially in its use of children as test subjects, Magnussen and Mengele attempted through chemical means to ‘cure’ <\/em>heterochromia.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. wittol<\/strong> \u2014 knowing cuckold<\/p>\n

“Hie back to your so-called home, you weak <\/em>wittol! Your wife may need you to make her breakfast when she returns from her lover’s arms.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. rutch<\/strong> \u2014 to scootch, to slide<\/p>\n

I <\/em>rutched my chair closer to the deal table so that I wouldn’t miss a word of Heather’s whispered confidences.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. demihour<\/strong> \u2014 half hour<\/p>\n

And now I waited the longest <\/em>demihour of my existence, the time it took Papa to get dressed, hop in the family wagon, and speed down to the police station.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. prisiadka<\/strong> \u2014 Slavic dance step in which from a squatting position the dancer kicks out first one and then the other leg<\/p>\n

But after the fifth vodka Gregor became convinced that he could still perform the <\/em>prisiadka of his Cossack youth, and there was nothing for it but that the tables and chairs would have to be pushed back to the walls so that he would have ample room to make his embarrassing experiment.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. intrant<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] one who enters, entrant<\/p>\n

If the <\/em>intrant to the School of Law has not graduated in the above described manner, he shall be examined by a board of faculty members to determine his level of general scholarship, including proficiency in Latin as well as either Greek or two modern languages.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. quaternary<\/strong> \u2014 fourth; of something with four parts; [initial capitalized] of the most recent age of geologic history<\/p>\n

While it is quite facile to say that the <\/em>Quaternary Age begins at the end of the Pliocene, in practice it can be quite difficult\u2014especially when dealing with mammalian fossils\u2014to distinguish between the Pliocene and the Pleistocene.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. renitent<\/strong> \u2014 unyielding, resistant to pressure; recalcitrant <\/p>\n

But as an unhappy result of his stalwart efforts fighting the Nazi regime, Haushausen found himself frozen out of the new regime, apparently considered too <\/em>renitent to make his participation or even association worthwhile.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. smalt<\/strong> \u2014 powdered glass admixed with cobalt oxide, used to add color to glass products<\/p>\n

Neuman dates the first use of <\/em>smalt to 1443, when Venetian craftsmen produced delicate blue glassworks by the process, but he does not provide sources for this assertion.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Latin)<\/p>\n

contradictio in adjecto<\/strong> \u2014 contradiction in terms; legal principle whereby any ambiguous terms in a contract are to be interpreted to the detriment of the party who insisted on the introduction of such terms into the document <\/p>\n

But, <\/em>contra Rousseau, he argued that the very phrase ‘natural rights’ involves a <\/em>contradictio in adjecto, since the state of nature is such that it is illogical to refer to such entities as ‘rights’ at all.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. stifle \u2014 joint between tibia and femur in rear legs of some four-legged animals, corresponding to human knee Pugs are, of course, subject to patellar luxation (also known as slipped stifles) so you want to be sure your dog shows strength and free action through the hocks and stifles.   2. heterochromia \u2014 having … <\/p>\n

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