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congeries
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the brain narrows to a luminous blade pointed at a single congeries of lines and occult forces

—p.304 A Death of Kings (295) by George Steiner
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suimate

Thus there is, literally, in every mate a touch of what is called suimate--a kind of chess problem in which the solver is required to maneuver his own pieces into mate.

—p.302 A Death of Kings (295) by George Steiner
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patzer

Even the patzer, the wretched amateur who charges out with his knight pawn when the opponent's bishop decamps to R4

—p.298 A Death of Kings (295) by George Steiner
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monism

There is a strong streak of monism in Chomsky's desires to get to the root of things

—p.294 The Tongues of Man (276) by George Steiner
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misericord

This aristocratic misericord

—p.254 Ancient Glittering Eyes (249) by George Steiner
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