- abrogate v. repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement); evade (a responsibility or duty)
- bactrachian adj. pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.
- banns n. a public announcement made in a church regarding an upcoming marriage
- caul n. a rare piece of the amniotic membrane that covers a newborn baby's head or face at birth
- cerement n. a shroud or cloth used to wrap a dead body, often treated with wax or resins
- chandler n. a dealer in supplies and equipment for ships and boats; a dealer in household items such as oil, soap, paint, and groceries (historical)
- crepitate v. to make a crackling sound
- deadfall n. a tangle mass of fallen trees and branches; a trap so constructed that a weight falls on an animal and kills or disables it
- enervate v. to make someone feel weak and without energy
- execrable adj. extremely bad or unpleasant
- exurban adj. relating to a region beyond the suburbs where not many houses are built and where rich people often live
- fulminate v. express vehement protest; explode violently or flash like lightning (literary)
- gimlet n. a small tool with a screw point, grooved shank, and cross handle for boring holes
- governor n. a device used to measure and regulate the speed of a machine
- inchoate adj. something that is just beginning to form, or is only partly developed and incomplete
- inculcate v. to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
- inimical adj. harmful, hostile, or working against something
- lugubrious adj. looking or sounding sad or dismal
- mammon n. wealth regarded as an evil influence of false object of worship and devotion; taken by medieval writers as the name of the devil of covetousness
- manse n. the official residence provided by a church for a minister or clergyman, particularly in presbyterian, methodist, and scottish traditions
- martinet n. a strict disciplinarian
- milk run n. a routine, uneventful journey, especially by plane
- peccadillo n. a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin
- peregrination n. a journey or pilgrimage, especially one that's made on foot over an extended period of time or a great distance
- pyx n. a small, round container used in christian denomination (catholic, anglican, lutheran) churches to carry to eucharist to the sick or homebound
- riposte n. a quick, sharp counter-attack or a fast, witty reply to a remark
- runnel n. a small stream, a tiny channel for water, or a grooved track next to a stairway used to guide a bicycle
- scrofulous adj. of, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammation); having an unkempt, unhealthy appearance; morally degenerate, corrupt
- self-abasement n. the belittling or humiliation of oneself
- sequela n. a condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury
- stevedore n. a person employed, or a contractor engaged, at a dock to load and unload cargo from ships
- theodicy n. the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil
- unctuous adj. excessively flattering or ingratiating; oily; (of food or drink) having a pleasingly rich taste
- vesiculation n. the presence or formation of vesicles, a membranous and usually fluid filled pouch (as a cyst, vacuole, or cell) in a plant or animal
- viscid adj. being of a consistency that resists flow; ending to adhere to objects upon contact
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