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1. passel<\/strong> \u2014 group of things of nonspecific number; bunch<\/p>\n

Then somebody bumped the chair, and Laurie’s purse fell over, and a whole <\/em>passel of cherry tomatoes rolled out of it onto the floor.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. noetic<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to the mind<\/p>\n

Although William James insists on the <\/em>noetic quality of the mystical experience\u2014and D. T. Suzuki agrees with him on this\u2014many of the masters of Zen seem to doubt whether the ‘mind’ even exists at all.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. precisian<\/strong> \u2014 Puritan, purist in religious matters; pedant, one adhering strictly to the rules<\/p>\n

A <\/em>precisian in all things, he would only smile and nod at those to whom he had not yet been formally introduced, but as he no longer had any friends or even acquaintances at the gatherings to which he was sometimes absentmindedly invited, he found himself unable to speak to anyone at all.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. recision<\/strong> \u2014 act of cutting off; cancellation<\/p>\n

The Plaintiff’s motion for <\/em>recision of the debt failed because ‘lack of competency’ was not a valid cause of action, according to the court (and because the whole case was plain and simple fraud, said many court-watchers).<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. geodesy<\/strong> \u2014 science of measuring the earth and its geological and gravitational factors<\/p>\n

While the deflections from vertical are much larger in the model than those actually observed by surveyors, this exaggeration seems to be quite common not only in the U.S. fieldwork, but around the world, as a glance at the literature of <\/em>geodesy will confirm.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. banty<\/strong> \u2014 small yet belligerent<\/p>\n

Like many short men, he was a <\/em>banty lad in his youth, quick to take offense and quicker to give it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. admix<\/strong> \u2014 to mix together, to commingle<\/p>\n

They quickly learned they could <\/em>admix cotton-seed oil with the olive oil to give it a darker, richer texture.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. pathognomonic<\/strong> \u2014 specifically indicative of a particular disease or condition<\/p>\n

Due to the severe consequences of the treatment, it is thought prudent to await <\/em>pathognomonic symptoms of secondary syphilis before administering mercury.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. musteefino<\/strong> \u2014 person with 1\/16 black ancestry, child of a mustee and a white person<\/p>\n

Apparently even these bigots had to give up at some point, and the child of a <\/em>musteefino and a white person was deemed under Jamaican law to have all the rights and privileges of a ‘pure’ white.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. icterine<\/strong> \u2014 yellowish color, jaundice yellow<\/p>\n

Of course the <\/em>icterine warbler will spend the winter abroad, taking its beautiful songs to Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. passel \u2014 group of things of nonspecific number; bunch Then somebody bumped the chair, and Laurie’s purse fell over, and a whole passel of cherry tomatoes rolled out of it onto the floor.   2. noetic \u2014 of or related to the mind Although William James insists on the noetic quality of the mystical … <\/p>\n

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