Bookmarker is a personal project by @dellsystem to help with retaining reading material. Source on GitHub.

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nacreous

On the day of the outing the weather was cold and restless, a nacreous sky skimmed overhead

—p.531 SOLUS REX (523) by Vladimir Nabokov
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ablutions

this vanilla-scented and seemingly witch-charmed water had probably served an ablutionary purpose

—p.525 SOLUS REX (523) by Vladimir Nabokov
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ab ovo

For the sake of somehow starting our talk, I shall temporarily accept your refusal. Let us proceed ab ovo.

—p.513 ULTIMA THULE (500) by Vladimir Nabokov
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meretricious

Its utter mediocrity was stressed by the fraudulent chic of alliterations and the meretricious richness of illiterate rhymes.

—p.495 VASILIY SHISHKOV (494) by Vladimir Nabokov
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sacerdotal

I knew that if I mentioned his name there would flash in the eyes of each of them the same sacerdotal alarm

—p.449 TYRANTS DESTROYED (438) by Vladimir Nabokov
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