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1. mim<\/strong> \u2014 [Scots & British<\/em>] demure, primly reticent, pretentiously shy<\/p>\n

Alice sat there hands folded in her lap, <\/em>mim as can be, though now I know that even then she was scheming to foil all our plans and triumph by our ruin.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. compossible<\/strong> \u2014 not inconsistent with some other assertion<\/p>\n

As we feel our way towards the truth of things, I will only notice now that Danica’s claim was <\/em>compossible with the officer’s testimony, if we allow for their different situations, the lighting and the fact that she saw the incident through the leaves of the beech trees.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. mangel-wurzel<\/strong> (also mangelwurzel<\/strong>) \u2014 fodder beet<\/p>\n

“I’d make a terrible yeoman farmer; I don’t know a <\/em>mangel-wurzel from a mangonel.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. cellarage<\/strong> \u2014 area or space of a cellar; rent for use of cellar space<\/p>\n

Prices were astronomical at that time, and he could afford not an apartment, but the merest <\/em>cellarage, paying hundreds of dollars a month for space not twenty-five square feet, with a sloping dirt floor which was damp in the winter and bug-ridden in the summer.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. argand<\/strong> \u2014 argand lamp, improved oil lamp developed in 18th Century by Aim\u00e9 Argand<\/p>\n

The introduction of the <\/em>argand to U.S. lighthouses had the unfortunate consequence of delaying the adoption of the Fresnel lens.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. stravaig<\/strong> \u2014 [Scots<\/em>] to stroll, to walk about with no particular purpose<\/p>\n

Willie was <\/em>stravaiging along the path leading to the fen when he spied the parson up on the rise.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. gilver<\/strong> \u2014 [Manx<\/em>] gillyflower<\/p>\n

The path was bordered by <\/em>gilvers and fuchsias.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. laloplegia<\/strong> \u2014 paralysis of speech organs<\/p>\n

Without the botox treatment, the throat becomes more and more constricted and talking becomes increasingly difficult until finally complete <\/em>laloplegia ensues.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. steatorrhea<\/strong> \u2014 abnormal presence of fat in stool<\/p>\n

Any <\/em>steatorrhea will obviously raise questions of pancreatic function, though of course many other causes are possible.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. carious<\/strong> \u2014 having cavities; rotten<\/p>\n

The very bones of democracy are <\/em>carious and just as foul a stench arises from the courts as from the legislature.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(UK slang)<\/p>\n

wooden-top<\/strong> (also woodentop<\/strong>) \u2014 police officer in uniform<\/p>\n

“Well that’s done it, then,” he said, getting up from the floor. “Let’s have a couple of <\/em>wooden-tops in to keep out the crowd and I’ll call the SOCO.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. mim \u2014 [Scots & British] demure, primly reticent, pretentiously shy Alice sat there hands folded in her lap, mim as can be, though now I know that even then she was scheming to foil all our plans and triumph by our ruin.   2. compossible \u2014 not inconsistent with some other assertion As we … <\/p>\n

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