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p.20
venerable »
accorded a great deal of respect, especially beca…
p.23
penumbra »
the partially shaded outer region of the shadow c…
p.33
fatidic »
(adjective) of or relating to prophecy
p.34
hypnagogic »
(adjective) of, relating to, or occurring in the …
p.34
palpebral »
(adjective) of, relating to, or located on or nea…
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[...] One night, during a trip abroad, in the fall of 1903,…
The sepia gloom of an arctic afternoon in midwinter invaded…
HAVE often noticed that after I had bestowed on the charact…
Presently my attention would wander still farther, and it w…
ON a summer morning, in the legendary Russia of my boyhood,…
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p.11
desuetude »
(noun) discontinuance from use or exercise; disuse
p.50
bathos »
(noun) a literary term coined by Alexander Pope t…
p.85
carmine »
(noun) a rich crimson or scarlet lake made from c…
p.151
sybaritic »
fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulge…
p.153
excelsior »
a Latin word often translated as "ever upward" or…
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[...] How Pnin came to the Soedinyonnie Shtati (the United …
[...] On the contrary, he was perhaps too wary, too persist…
[...] Liza Bogolepov, a medical student just turned twenty,…
He also perused the current item in a tremendously long and…
Before leaving the library, he decided to look up the corre…