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invective »
insulting, abusive, or highly critical language
p.182
versts »
(noun) a Russian unit of distance equal to 0.6629…
p.188
alembic »
(noun) an apparatus used in distillation / (noun)…
p.292
entelechy »
(noun) the actualization of form-giving cause as …
p.292
inchoate »
just begun and so not fully formed or developed; …
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The first is the fiefdom of Osvaldo Soriano, who was a good…
[...] a writer can have many homelands, and sometimes the i…
[...] everything that I’ve written is a love letter or a fa…
And what is Ercilla left with before he writes La Araucana …
Twenty days in Chile that shook the (mental) world that I i…
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lapidary »
relating to stone and gems and the work involved …
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[...] Meanwhile it was a clear night, and the lights in the…
Meanwhile I was looking at Laura, who was sitting at the ot…
We headed toward the center of the city, taking our time. T…