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1. williwaw<\/strong> (also williwau<\/strong>) \u2014 savage squall off cragged coasts in near-polar waters<\/p>\n

Never have I viewed a sudden storm with such joy as I did when I saw the dark clouds rage behind us in what had been clear waters as the <\/em>williwaw arose suddenly to confound our pursuers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. sere<\/strong> \u2014 dry, dried out; barren<\/p>\n

Carefully Tom cleared a large circle around the campfire, knowing that the <\/em>sere grass could catch instantly ablaze from even the merest spark.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. mythopoesis<\/strong> \u2014 myth creation<\/p>\n

In the epics, of course, nothing would be said of terrible headache Arthur had that morning from the moment he awoke, nor of the midges that pestered friend and foe alike in that swampy morass, but <\/em>mythopoesis of course has its own laws of poetry and artistic license.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. commissure<\/strong> \u2014 joint between bones; tissue of nerve fiber joining right and left sides of spinal cord or brain; point where lips or eyelids join<\/p>\n

Painful vesicles appeared at the right <\/em>commissure of the lips five days after the first symptoms were noted.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. overprocrastination<\/strong> \u2014 overindulgence in putting things off<\/p>\n

And this morning we suffered the consequences of my neurotic <\/em>overprocrastination, as the front porch slid off the foundations down the hill to rest upon my neighbor’s gazebo.<\/em><\/p>\n

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boscage<\/strong> (also boskage<\/strong>) \u2014 thicket or grove of trees or shrubs<\/del><\/p>\n

The morning haze lay heavy upon the dark <\/em>boscage at the foot of the hill, though we could hear rustling amidst the bushes.<\/em><\/del><\/p>\n

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6. seel<\/strong> \u2014 to sew a hawk’s eyes shut for training purposes<\/p>\n

And now like a <\/em>seeled falcon this young warrior is blinded by love.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. theomachy<\/strong> \u2014 fight against or among gods<\/p>\n

Nor was Ajax spared in this terrible <\/em>theomachy, though Athena’s illusion kept him from destroying his fellows before he destroyed himself.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. analphabetic<\/strong> \u2014 not alphabetic; illiterate<\/p>\n

At the estate sale I found the books sold in an <\/em>analphabetic manner, prices being based solely upon the material in which the volumes were bound, so that a (faux) leather hardback reprint of Louis L’Amour cost ten times what they charged for a vintage paperback.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. serac<\/strong> (also s\u00e9rac<\/strong>) \u2014 irregular towers of glacial ice<\/p>\n

Carefully we picked our way past the rocks and <\/em>seracs which cluttered this saddle of the glacier, nearly tumbling into a hidden crevasse in spite of our caution.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. fylfot<\/strong> \u2014 swastika<\/p>\n

The spines of the complete edition of Kipling were decorated with the <\/em>fylfots typical of so many early versions of his works.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Northern dialect)<\/p>\n

cat’s ice<\/strong> \u2014 very thin ice, layer of ice formed over puddles from which water has receded<\/p>\n

Suddenly I was a child again, delighting in each step upon the <\/em>cat’s ice and the satisfying crunch beneath my warm weather boots.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. williwaw (also williwau) \u2014 savage squall off cragged coasts in near-polar waters Never have I viewed a sudden storm with such joy as I did when I saw the dark clouds rage behind us in what had been clear waters as the williwaw arose suddenly to confound our pursuers.   2. sere \u2014 dry, … <\/p>\n

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