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pellucid

the light from the sky was rich and pellucid as nowhere else

—p.347 8. The Years of Captivity: 1933-1936 (329) by Victor Serge
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hermetic

to seal off hermetically the frontiers of the intellect

—p.302 7. The Years of Resistance: 1928-1933 (283) by Victor Serge
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calumny

Slander had no effect on his name, calumny and insult heaped on him rebounded ineffectually and ended up bestowing on him a strange new aura.

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—p.273 6. Deadlock of the Revolution: 1926-1928 (227) by Victor Serge
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irredentist

Around the great conception of the Balkan Federation there swarmed hordes of secret agents, impresarios of irredentism

—p.211 5. Europe at the Dark Crossroads: 1921-1926 (184) by Victor Serge
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arrogate

Through its intolerance and its arrogation of an absolute monopoly of power and initiative in all fields, the Bolshevik regime was floundering in its own toils

—p.172 4. Danger from Within: 1920-1921 (135) by Victor Serge
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