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lit Lighted; illuminated; dyed with coloring; slang for being “drunk.” Look at the context to understand the stipulative meaning within the writing. “We, too, are lit and put out.” Seneca, “Asthma”
exploit To utilize for one‟s own end; to treat selfishly as mere workable material; accomplish; achieve; execute; perform; to fight; to achieve the expulsion of; to apply or exert oneself; “His soul, I am convinced, has returned to the heavens whence it came, not because he commanded great armies—mad Cambyses did that, and exploited his madness to good effect— but because of his singular moderation and piety.” Seneca, “Scipio‟s Villa”
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Page 3 and 4: hawking To carry about from place
Page 5: piqued Offended, irritated, excite
Page 9 and 10: caprice A sudden change of mind wi
Page 11 and 12: prognostic Foreshadows; gives omin
Page 13 and 14: paramour A person beloved by one o
Page 15 and 16: lasciviousness Inciting lust; want
Page 17 and 18: sequestrated Separated; cut off fr
Page 19 and 20: ostentation A display intended to
Page 21 and 22: aillery Good-humor ridicule; bante
Page 23 and 24: speculation Faculty or power of se
Page 25 and 26: fortune The chance or luck (good o
Page 27 and 28: ecrimination To bring a charge aga
Page 29 and 30: fantastical Irrational; baseless;
Page 31 and 32: copiously Plentifully; abundantly;
Page 33 and 34: superannuated Disqualified or inca
Page 35 and 36: impertinence An irrelevant fact or
Page 37 and 38: everie A state of joy or delight;
Page 39 and 40: synthetical v. analytical Syntheti
Page 41 and 42: asher A thin slice of bacon or ham
Page 43 and 44: Tacit Pronounced “tass-it” Un
Page 45 and 46: malevolence The wishing or the dis
Page 47 and 48: superfluous Exceeds what is suffic
Page 49 and 50: knavery Dishonesty and crafty deal
Page 51 and 52: ingratiating et al. Ingratiating:
Page 53 and 54: convivial Characterized by feastin
Page 55 and 56: fancy As a collective noun, those
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coxcomb A fool or simpleton; a foo
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cockney Effeminate man; squeamish;
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secrete et al. Secrete: To place i
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nonce (as in “for the nonce”)
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shibboleth Shibboleth: A word used
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econdite Of things, removed or hid
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apology Formally, the defense of a
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hackneyed Hired; kept for hire; ov
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pother Choking smoke or atmosphere
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catholic Universal; universally ap
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temerity Excessive boldness; rashn
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lackey A servile follower; a const
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perambulator One who walks or trav
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valetudinarian One of weak health,
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venerated To regard with feelings
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portentous and allocution Portento
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skein A quantity of thread of a ce
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quixotic Like Don Quixote, strivin
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sordidity Having to do with filthi
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volition An act of free choice or
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oafish Dull-witted lout; rude.
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contemptible To be despised or see
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aperient Something that opens the
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ow A violent disturbance or commot
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asceticism Rigorous self-disciplin
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urchin From the Latin ericius, mea
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egale and mulled Regale: to entert
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urban spectacle The act of describ
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fastidious That which creates disg
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pensive Full of thought; plunged i
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surplice A loose vestment of white
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propensity Intense natural inclina
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epletion The action of eating or d
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physiognomist One who studies temp
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polymath Person of varied learning
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heterodoxy Contrary to standard re
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fecundity Productiveness in genera
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abide To endure, suffer through, b
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incredulity and gaolers Incredulit
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ecalcitrance and denuded Recalcitr
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vespertinal Becoming especially ac
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lassitude The condition of being w
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mewling Adjective: thin cry, whimp
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ambrosia Greek mythology: the fabl
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dilatory Verb (in law): plea put i
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