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dalliance

a casual romantic or sexual relationship

nexus

link; center

bivouac

temporary encampment

hypostatize

to attribute real identity to (a concept)

to remainder

to dispose of

caterwaul

to make a harsh cry

to fob off

to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine

to moider

to perplex

to winnow

to remove (often with out) - Winnow out inaccuracies. to sift - Winnow what is true and significant.

yew

tree species

climacteric

turning point

hortatory

exhortative

organic law

law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

gaskins

(archaic) breeches, hose [pants]

legate

(n.) envoy / (v.) bequeath

hendiadys

: the expression of an idea by the use of usually two independent words connected by and (such as nice and warm) instead of the usual combination of independent word and its modifier (such as nicely warm)

skittles

English ninepins played with a wooden disk or ball

caitiff

a cowardly and despicable person

tranche

a division or portion of a pool or whole

trowel

a hand tool used in concrete and masonry work to spread mortar or plaster

ekphrasis

a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art

janissary

a member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard between the 14th and 19th centuries

beadle

a minor parish official

cenotaph

a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere

yokel

a naive inhabitant of a rural area or small town

cause célèbre

a notorious person, thing, or incident

rebus

a representation of words by symbols whose names resemble the intended words in sound

halfway house

a residence for individuals after release from institutionalization (as for mental illness, drug addiction, or criminal activity) that is designed to facilitate their readjustment to private life

corniche

a road built along a coast and especially along the face of a cliff

epiphenomenal

a secondary phenomenon accompanying another and caused by it

foolscap

a size of paper; hat worn by jesters

critical mass

a size, number, or amount large enough to produce a particular result

gamine

a small playfully mischievous girl

piton

a spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber)

peremptory

admitting of no contradiction; haughty

warren

an enclosed space in which rabbits breed or are numerous; any place that is crowded like a rabbit warren; a maze of passageways or small rooms

bottle episode

an inexpensively produced episode of a television series that is typically confined to one setting

Gordian knot

an intricate problem

qua

as

pelagic

oceanic

proffer

offer

nip

bite, sip

prelate

church dignitary

hors de combat

disabled, out of combat

putty

doughlike material generally used to fasten glass in windowframes

apodictic

expressing absolute certainty

ci-devant

former

shell game

fraud

salvific

having the intent to redeem

avocation

hobby

exiguous

inadequate

denizen

inhabitant; frequenter

orthogonal

intersecting at right angles

schlemiel

loser

lenten

meager, suitable for Lent

chiliastic

millenarian; believing in a coming ideal society and especially one created by revolutionary action

magpie

miscellaneous, acquisitive

crick

muscle spasm

zany

n. toady adj. ludicrous

proem

preamble

donnish

scholarly

carrel

small individual study area in a library

sine qua non

something indispensable "reliability is a sine qua non for success'

bogey

specter

numinous

supernatural

thicket

tangle

corpus delicti

the body of facts which prove that a crime has been committed

simony

the buying and selling of church offices

nuncio

the official Vatican delegate for a nation

bathos

the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style; anticlimax "The serious message of the film is ruined by the bathos of its ridiculous ending."

roustabout

unskilled laborer (esp. at oil rig)

terrine

usually earthenware dish in which foods are cooked and served

doughty

valiant

métier

vocation, forte

oriel

window projecting outward from wall

mutatis mutandis

with the necessary changes having been made


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