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1. rep<\/strong> \u2014 ribbed fabric of silk or wool<\/p>\n

Each of the small alcoves\u2014really nothing more than cubbyholes\u2014had a curtain of silk <\/em>rep across it, save the one at eye level holding Winthrop’s blue and pink slippers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. petronel<\/strong> \u2014 muzzle-loading firearm of the 16th and 17th Centuries, midway in size between a pistol and a carbine<\/p>\n

Assisted by two stout horsemen armed with <\/em>petronels, Claxton rode into the muttering mob to quell the rumors of famine and civil war.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. philogynist<\/strong> \u2014 admirer or lover of women<\/p>\n

One needn’t be a rank <\/em>philogynist to concede that women have contributed much more to society and civilization than their mere generative power.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. Belinograph<\/strong> \u2014 early mechanism for sending photographs over telephone lines<\/p>\n

Zhang Zuolin, the Manchurian warlord, invited the inventor of the <\/em>Balinograph to visit China in hopes that his invention could facilitate the transmission of Chinese writing over phone lines.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. lackaday<\/strong> \u2014 expression of grief or regret<\/p>\n

“<\/em>Lackaday!” Van Houten cried, “that we should arrive only hours too late to save Sophie from these brigands!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. culet<\/strong> \u2014 flat bottom cut onto gemstone; armor plate layered to protect the buttocks of the wearer<\/p>\n

True it was that his <\/em>culets prevented the mighty sweep of that broadsword from severing his leg, but the bruise upon his arse was only slightly smaller than the one upon his ego.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. saponaceous<\/strong> \u2014 of or resembling or containing soap; evasive, sly<\/p>\n

He assented in that servile yet <\/em>saponaceous manner I had come to expect from Sir Gerald’s factotum.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. felo de se<\/strong> (also felo-de-se<\/strong>) \u2014 [Latin<\/em>] crime against the self; in particular, suicide<\/p>\n

“Before you hasten to your <\/em>felo de se, allow me to point out what seem to be the missing keys suspended from your vest pocket watch chain.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. vici<\/strong> \u2014 soft treated leather used primarily for shoe uppers<\/p>\n

In her <\/em>vici kid button-up shoes she had nothing to fear from the misting rain that had left her cousin’s feet sodden.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. tosh<\/strong> \u2014 nonsense, rubbish<\/p>\n

“Don’t hand me such <\/em>tosh, Seymour,” said Hazlitt as he tamped his briar. “We know you saw Phenny at the bank last Tuesday, so it just won’t do.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(informal idiomatic phrase, used imperatively)<\/p>\n

wake up and die right<\/strong> \u2014 come to one’s senses, get a grip<\/p>\n

We had better <\/em>wake up and die right in the face of these new adversities and changing circumstances, or else we can just resign ourselves to obsolescence and desuetude.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. rep \u2014 ribbed fabric of silk or wool Each of the small alcoves\u2014really nothing more than cubbyholes\u2014had a curtain of silk rep across it, save the one at eye level holding Winthrop’s blue and pink slippers.   2. petronel \u2014 muzzle-loading firearm of the 16th and 17th Centuries, midway in size between a pistol … <\/p>\n

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