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1. revers<\/strong> \u2014 lapel or other garment part turned back to reveal the lining <\/p>\n

The colonel wore a half-length silk robe in black with <\/em>revers in a startling crimson.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. cornice<\/strong> \u2014 [architecture<\/em>] horizontal element surrounding the top of a building; crown molding of walls within a room; overhanging snow in alpine mountains<\/p>\n

Jeremy thought he could just make out a small tube or shaft\u2014a rifle barrel? an antenna?\u2014peeking out above the <\/em>cornice of the shabby hotel across the street from the senator’s election party.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. goloptious<\/strong> \u2014 excellent, wonderful; delicious<\/p>\n

Steve decided that he’d waited long enough after dinner to enjoy yet another piece of that <\/em>goloptious pumpkin pie.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. velarium<\/strong> \u2014 ancient awning over Roman amphitheaters<\/p>\n

Here in the cheap seats of course there was no <\/em>velarium to dampen the sun’s harsh rays, so the early events were often difficult to see in the blinding light of Apollo.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. carrack<\/strong> \u2014 large three- or four-masted merchant ship of European nations from 14th Century and later<\/p>\n

The captain had gambled and lost, and the topsail still set now took the mast with it as the wind tore and raged, and now the <\/em>carrack was lost, no hope of reaching the open water opposite the treacherous rocks to port which seemed evilly to glister in the lightnings’ fire.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. cuspidorian<\/strong> \u2014 person tasked with cleaning and maintaining cuspidors<\/p>\n

Never an easy job, the <\/em>cuspidorian despaired of his Sisyphean task whenever the Shriners came to town.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. rangdoodle<\/strong> \u2014 round in a card game in which limits or antes are increased after a specified winning hand<\/p>\n

The house rules called for <\/em>rangdoodles after any hand better than a full house, so I ended up losing most of what I’d just won.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. daedal<\/strong> (also d\u00e6dal<\/strong>) \u2014 clever, adroit<\/p>\n

Quickly he sketched, and from Bollard’s <\/em>daedal hand came a striking\u2014not to say devastating\u2014portrait of the headmaster in spitting rage.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. deltiology<\/strong> \u2014 the collection and study of postcards<\/p>\n

His was a rather specialized subset of <\/em>deltiology, so I knew when I found the Chinese postcard featuring a fat baby wearing a Mao hat and jacket that I finally had something to bargain with.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. manubrium<\/strong> \u2014 upper part of the sternum connecting to the clavicles<\/p>\n

The point of the umbrella had pierced completely his <\/em>manubrium, though somehow the EMTs had kept him alive despite his almost useless trachea.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. revers \u2014 lapel or other garment part turned back to reveal the lining The colonel wore a half-length silk robe in black with revers in a startling crimson.   2. cornice \u2014 [architecture] horizontal element surrounding the top of a building; crown molding of walls within a room; overhanging snow in alpine mountains Jeremy … <\/p>\n

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