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Maw
(p 61)
- the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
- the stomach, especially that of an animal.
- a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell.
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Mucking
(p 62)
- moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.;manure.
- a highly organic, dark or black soil,
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immoderation
(p 64)
lack of restraint, lack of avoidance of personal desire or indulgence
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rapport
(p 65)
relation,connection
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ascetic
(p 65)
a person who lives an austere life, dedicates life for pursuit of contemplative ideas
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corollary
(p 66)
immediate/natural consequnce or result
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purports
(p 66)
- to claim preset falsely, under a pretense
- veneer
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supplanted
(p 66)
to replace or take the place of another by force
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succor
(p 66)
- help, relief, aid
- person that gives help relief or aid
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sojourn
(p 66)
temporary stay
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opined
(p 71)
to hold/express opinion
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strident
(p 71)
- making or having shrieking sharp sound/shrill
- having an irritating quality of character
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opprobrium
(p 71)
the disgrace or reproach of a conduct, shame
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hubris
(p 72)
arrogance or excessive pride
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calisthenics
(p 74)
gymnastic exercises designed to develope strength & vigor
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equanimity
(p 75)
- composure,mental or emotional stability under stress
- calmness, equilibrium
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sinewy
(p 76)
- vigorous or forceful language
- relating ot the tendon
- strenght, power, resilience
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banalities
(p 73)
devoid of frehness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
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subsisting
(p 74)
- to exist; continue in existence.
- to remain alive; live, as on food, resources, etc.
- to have an existence in, or by reason of, something.
- reason of living
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crags
(p 76)
- steep rugged rock; projecting part of the rock
- broken
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spur
(p 77)
anything that impels or urges and action, acheivement, or speed
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posit
(p 77)
- to place, put, set
- to lay down or assume as fact
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cornices
(p 77)
- a mass of snow, ice, projecting over a mountain ridge
- prominent projecting hazardous feature
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underscore
(p 78)
to stress, emphasize
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unhelmed
(p 79)
untouched, unaffected
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affable
(p 80)
- showing warmth or friendliness
- easy to talk to
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ephemeral
(p 88)
- lasting for only a very short time
- short-lived
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plaintive
(p 88)
expressing sorrow or meloncholy
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non de plume
(p 89)
french: "pen name"
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maxim
(p 89)
rule of conduct
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emblazoned
(p 89)
- to decorate with bright colors
- to depict
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overwrought
(p 89)
- archaic: overworked
- extremely/excessively excited or agitated
- excessively complex
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eminent
(p 90)
- lofty, high
- prominent, high rank
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esthete
(p90)
person who has a highly developed appreciation towards the beauty of art and nature
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atavistic
(p90)
reverting to or suggesting characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type
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bravado
(p81)
a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
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paucity
(p85)
- arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death:
- aposthumous award for bravery.
- published after the death of the author:
- a posthumous novel.
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paucity
(p85)
- smallness in quantity
- scarcity
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picaresque
(p95)
- pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, in which the adventures of a roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the commonpeople: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- of, pertaining to, or resembling rogues.
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hogan
(p95)
a Navajo Indian dwelling constructed of earth and branches and covered with mud or sod.
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veracity
(p95)
accuracy, correctness of the whole truth
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anchorites
(p97)
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
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