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1. infandous<\/strong> \u2014 of that which should not be told; odious in the extreme, horrid<\/p>\n

I shuddered and steeled myself once more to descend those irregular stairs and enter the wretched basement where Jeremiah had spent the last days of his tortured life, to gaze once more upon the <\/em>infandous figures in the charcoal drawings covering the damp walls, wherein he had essayed to depict the demons that haunted his dreams and perhaps, at the end, even his waking hours.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. ophidian<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to snakes<\/p>\n

Carson kept his legs beneath the blankets and wrenched his body around with an almost <\/em>ophidian writhing turn as he wrenched himself to look at me and the doctor.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. objective tinnitus<\/strong> \u2014 noise heard within the ear which can also be heard by another (usually through an instrument such as a stethoscope)<\/p>\n

Though most would assume that <\/em>objective tinnitus is simply a much louder form of the annoying ringing in the ears which plagues so many, in fact it is usually caused by the sound of blood rushing through vessels near the ear canal, and presents itself to both the sufferer and the observer as a rushing or ‘whooshing’ sound.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. chifforobe<\/strong> \u2014 furniture piece with both drawers and a rod for hanging clothes<\/p>\n

The old <\/em>chifforobe‘s front doors had never completely closed, because the socket at the bottom was somehow offset from true center.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. punter<\/strong> \u2014 [slang<\/em>] person, esp. a customer; prostitute’s client; bettor<\/p>\n

Padraic insisted that the peanut bowls always be filled to the brim, to keep the <\/em>punters happy, as he always added.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. jehu<\/strong> \u2014 [colloquial<\/em>] fast driver, often furiously so; cabman<\/p>\n

Our <\/em>jehu proved equal to the task, and within a rather hair-raising fifteen minutes we found ourselves at Paddington Station.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. foehn<\/strong> \u2014 dry warm wind blowing downhill in the Alps, esp. in Switzerland<\/p>\n

Happy to feel both the <\/em>foehn and the sun on his face, Hans walked briskly up the path to tend to his father’s cows.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. wimple<\/strong> \u2014 medieval head covering for women formed from cloth over the head draped around the neck<\/p>\n

Much of religious garb has its roots in the Middle Ages, such as the <\/em>wimple still worn by most nuns, once a sign of higher class status among medieval women.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. dithyrambic<\/strong> \u2014 extremely excited or emotional, frenzied, impassioned<\/p>\n

Usually the most staid and perhaps boring of orators, St. Jean reached <\/em>dithyrambic heights of impassioned speechifying as he reached the end of his peroration, pleading with all and sundry to fully support the new bypass.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. mestizo<\/strong> \u2014 mixed race person, esp. a Latin American or Filipino with both native and European ancestry<\/p>\n

Before the war, most Spaniards looked down upon the <\/em>mestizos, even the very wealthy merchants with fine homes in Manila.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British slang)<\/p>\n

banjo<\/strong> \u2014 to beat, to knock down, to thrash<\/p>\n

The three miscreants caught their former teacher in the stadium stairwell and <\/em>banjoed him mercilessly.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. infandous \u2014 of that which should not be told; odious in the extreme, horrid I shuddered and steeled myself once more to descend those irregular stairs and enter the wretched basement where Jeremiah had spent the last days of his tortured life, to gaze once more upon the infandous figures in the charcoal drawings … <\/p>\n

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