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1. sennit<\/strong> (also sinnet<\/strong>) \u2014 braided straw or grass used for small crafts or hats<\/p>\n

Soon he replaced this rude headgear with a wide <\/em>sennit hat shaped much like the latest fashions he’d seen in London, although with a wider brim.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. cit<\/strong> \u2014 derogatory term for citizen or city folk<\/p>\n

We tried not to laugh at all the silly questions of this <\/em>cit, since some said it was his daughter that the captain had ideas of courting.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. revetment<\/strong> \u2014 external layer of hard material supporting an embankment or wall<\/p>\n

Perhaps the rock <\/em>revetment made the shoreline promenade less ‘pretty’, as Susie had complained, but it protected this fine construction against the ravages of the waves and tides, and was the reason why St. Lugons could still boast of its walkway upon the beach, while the new construction at Pelleret was already beginning to crumble.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. Urschleim<\/strong> \u2014 primordial soup<\/p>\n

And from this <\/em>Urschleim emerged the various organisms, formed of the ‘vesicles’ which\u2014according to the professor\u2014comprised this ur-slime.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. puerperium<\/strong> \u2014 [biology<\/em>] month-long period after childbirth<\/p>\n

She devoted herself to these exercises during her <\/em>puerperium, aiding the restoration of the pelvic wall.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. neurasthenic<\/strong> \u2014 person suffering from a nervous breakdown<\/p>\n

He had the pallor habitual to the <\/em>neurasthenic, as well as a tendency to tire easily, even in mere polite conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. maven<\/strong> \u2014 expert, aficionado<\/p>\n

Gerald was quite the <\/em>maven of old nautical knotwork, and consequently looked down upon the paracord craze, short-lived though it was.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. compeer<\/strong> \u2014 person of equal rank or ability, peer<\/p>\n

Though Reggie felt he had no <\/em>compeers in his department, in truth he was a merely average worker, no better nor not much worse than his fellows.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. demimondaine<\/strong> \u2014 promiscuous woman, woman belonging to the demimonde; prostitute, courtesan<\/p>\n

Once acquired, she discovered, a reputation as a <\/em>demimondaine was not easily lost without obtaining somehow an entirely new identity.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. misdoubt<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] to doubt, to disbelieve; to suspect<\/p>\n

I <\/em>misdoubt ’twill be so easy a conquest as Sir Richard promises.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Latin)<\/p>\n

sacer vates<\/strong> \u2014 sacred poet<\/p>\n

Believing that a prophet is scorned by his own country, Trevalian left for the continent to pursue what he conceived of as his calling to be a <\/em>sacer vates, divinely inspired to bring the truth to an uncaring world, and he thought true in the last part of this conception, for uncaring was his reception everywhere he traveled.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. sennit (also sinnet) \u2014 braided straw or grass used for small crafts or hats Soon he replaced this rude headgear with a wide sennit hat shaped much like the latest fashions he’d seen in London, although with a wider brim.   2. cit \u2014 derogatory term for citizen or city folk We tried not … <\/p>\n

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