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sybaritic »
fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulge…
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peremptory »
(adjective) putting an end to or precluding a rig…
p.51
doyenne »
(noun) a woman who is the most respected or promi…
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Two tall figures under umbrellas appeared in the empty squa…
Graham then was in his midsixties; Francis, two years young…
Graham had many pleasures and, perhaps, even in later years…
One of Graham’s rare contemporary admirations, Padre Pio—a …
Indignation that would not be roused by a degree of industr…
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Last summer, Vladimir Nabokov was remembered in the press a…
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imprecate »
(verb) to invoke evil on; curse / (verb) to utter…
p.59
paralalia »
a speech disorder marked by distortions of sounds…
p.72
espalier »
(noun) a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow …
p.253
saturnine »
(adjective) born under or influenced astrological…
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“Divorced, from a wartime marriage.” After a pause, he went…
[...] As Gardiner had said, the Driscolls were disquieting …
Up here in the hills, the officer in charge is a medical ad…
Since the night of Gardiner’s death, the night of the twirl…
Damp English day, in which I’ve thought persistently of Aur…
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elegiac »
relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
p.24
propitiate »
(verb) to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of…
p.38
littoral »
(adjective) of, relating to, or situated or growi…
p.46
palaver »
(noun) a long parley usually between persons of d…
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salutary »
(adjective) producing a beneficial effect; remedi…
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When Sefton Thrale said the word "global" you felt the eart…
What she had read had evidently made her impatient of the p…
He used outworn idiom: "Lombard Street to a china orange," …
The girls heard it said that Dora was raising them. Yet it …
It was now that Ted Tice's life began to alter aspect and d…