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redolent

this author quotes at the beginning of her book a saying which, redolent as it is of Western sociological mumbo-jumbo, nevertheless contains a profound verity

—p.425 FREE WOMEN: 3 (353) by Doris Lessing
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virago

she turns virago and calls him ugly names

—p.420 FREE WOMEN: 3 (353) by Doris Lessing
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somnolent

It was a soft, somnolent drugging sound, hypnotic

—p.402 FREE WOMEN: 3 (353) by Doris Lessing
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baleful

The sun was a baleful orange colour over the yellow dusty expanse.

—p.390 FREE WOMEN: 3 (353) by Doris Lessing
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abstemious

Stalin sipped his tea abstemiously, nodding as he listened.

—p.291 FREE WOMEN: 2 (243) by Doris Lessing
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