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1. dingle<\/strong> \u2014 wooded valley<\/p>\n

Below the prominence lay a dark <\/em>dingle which formed a precipitous barrier to any invading force, a steep ditch formed by the stream that even when fordable during the dry days of summer, still had treacherous rocks aplenty to turn the hooves of cavalry and men.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. dingle<\/strong> \u2014 [Antarctic slang<\/em>] clement, having nice weather<\/p>\n

It was a real <\/em>dingle day and hopes were high, though Thomas at the weather desk told us sternly that another storm was in the offing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. assertoric<\/strong> \u2014 of a proposition which states fact neither self-evident nor merely possible<\/p>\n

When AI makes <\/em>assertoric descriptions of movies or books or legal cases which later we learn do not actually exist, we call these ‘hallucinations’; when human beings make the same claims, we call those ‘lies’.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. frivol<\/strong> \u2014 to act in a silly manner<\/p>\n

After the Lord Deacon and his daughter have departed, then you may <\/em>frivol to your heart’s content, but until then I’ll thank you to behave like a gentleman of serious mien.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. scalawag<\/strong> \u2014 scoundrel; Southerner who collaborated with Reconstruction forces after the Civil War<\/p>\n

The locals think a <\/em>scalawag to be a much worse person than a carpetbagger, because the former should know better, having had the fortune to be raised in God’s own country … though I should point out that many of His countrymen seem to be ignorant, irascible, impious idiots.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. Klaberjass<\/strong> \u2014 two-handed trick-taking card game using a piquet deck with the Jack and nine of trumps as highest cards<\/p>\n

Artie and the silent Dutchman settled down for a game of <\/em>Klaberjass while I pretended to read while my mind kept racing and thinking of the thousand things that could go wrong with Bill’s plan.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. winsome<\/strong> \u2014 charming, innocently inspiring and engaging<\/p>\n

But now we come to the part where the old bosses adopted the tools of social media and ‘influencers’ to once more charm the masses, this time with a more <\/em>winsome and winning fascism.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. buttle<\/strong> \u2014 to act as a butler<\/p>\n

Everyone knew he came from borstal rather than manor homes even though Jericho <\/em>butled with the best of them for his master Lord Lairdly.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. tussar<\/strong> (also tussah<\/strong>) \u2014 deep gold silk<\/p>\n

The best saris are traditionally made from <\/em>tussar, and are available in many rich colorful dyes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. trammel<\/strong> \u2014 to constrain, to hinder; to entangle, to snare<\/p>\n

As Churchill points out, when sloth and fear <\/em>trammel virtue, high-minded men are only prey for active and uncaring evildoers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(supposed economic thing)<\/p>\n

Kondratiev wave<\/strong> \u2014 long cycles in technological advancement that greatly affect the world economy<\/p>\n

Even taking the period of the latest <\/em>Kondratiev wave at the longest proposed span, the most strident advocates of the theory have to admit that the information technology cycle is likely to have passed its peak.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. dingle \u2014 wooded valley Below the prominence lay a dark dingle which formed a precipitous barrier to any invading force, a steep ditch formed by the stream that even when fordable during the dry days of summer, still had treacherous rocks aplenty to turn the hooves of cavalry and men.   2. dingle \u2014 … <\/p>\n

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