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(verb) uproot / (verb) to remove or separate from a native environment or culture / (verb) to remove the racial or ethnic characteristics or influences from

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deracinated escapees from an ancient European empire

—p.98 Aleksander Hemon (89) by James Wood

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deracinated escapees from an ancient European empire

—p.98 Aleksander Hemon (89) by James Wood

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relating to a church parish; having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

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the seeming parochialism or irrelevance to America of cricket

—p.100 Beyond a Boundary: Netherland as Post-Colonial Novel (100) by James Wood

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the seeming parochialism or irrelevance to America of cricket

—p.100 Beyond a Boundary: Netherland as Post-Colonial Novel (100) by James Wood

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(noun) an oval-shaped pigmented area near the center of the retina of the human eye and some other animalian eyes; provides the best detailed vision

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cricket is the macula of that mad vision

—p.101 Beyond a Boundary: Netherland as Post-Colonial Novel (100) by James Wood

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cricket is the macula of that mad vision

—p.101 Beyond a Boundary: Netherland as Post-Colonial Novel (100) by James Wood

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childishly silly and trivial

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not exaggerated or solipsistic or puerile or sentimental or solecistic

—p.103 Beyond a Boundary: Netherland as Post-Colonial Novel (100) by James Wood

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not exaggerated or solipsistic or puerile or sentimental or solecistic

—p.103 Beyond a Boundary: Netherland as Post-Colonial Novel (100) by James Wood

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a grammatical mistake in speech or writing

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not exaggerated or solipsistic or puerile or sentimental or solecistic

—p.103 Beyond a Boundary: Netherland as Post-Colonial Novel (100) by James Wood

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not exaggerated or solipsistic or puerile or sentimental or solecistic

—p.103 Beyond a Boundary: Netherland as Post-Colonial Novel (100) by James Wood

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(adjective) lacking facility in reading and writing and ignorant of the knowledge to be gained from books / (adjective) illiterate / (adjective) not marked with letters

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Naipaul claimed that he had not even been published in America until the 1970s, 'and then the reviews were awful--unlettered, illiterate, ignorant'.

—p.115 Wounder and Wounded (115) by James Wood

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Naipaul claimed that he had not even been published in America until the 1970s, 'and then the reviews were awful--unlettered, illiterate, ignorant'.

—p.115 Wounder and Wounded (115) by James Wood

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(noun) a student or graduate of Oxford University

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How could Vidia not have wanted to defend his father as soon as the Oxonian looked down his nose at him?