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VOCABULARY:

·         Magnanimous-  adj. Courageously noble in mind and heart.

And she was disposed to be magnanimous in victory.

I think we can be magnanimous, Admiral.

·         Pommy- n. Australian & New Zealand Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a British person, especially a recent immigrant.

“The station's owner, The Radio Network, argued the word "pommy" is commonly used to describe the English.”

·         Cardiovascular- adj. Of, relating to, or involving the heart and the blood vessels: cardiovascular disease.

“Others say that the more important contributor to the rise in cardiovascular disease is simply over-consumption of food, salty or not, and the obesity epidemic.”

·         Ricket- n. A deficiency disease resulting from a lack of vitamin D or calcium and from insufficient exposure to sunlight, characterized by defective bone growth and occurring chiefly in children. Also called rachitis.

“The term rickets comes from the Old English word ...”

·         Clampdown- n. An imposing of restrictions or controls: "Advertisers and broadcasters would raise howls of protest against any strong clampdown” ( Wall Street Journal)

This could, of course, be the result of a local clampdown.

At first they had approved of the chaos, but as the clampdown progressed, it made it almost impossible for the Club to operate.

·         Sunlamp- n. A lamp that radiates ultraviolet rays used in therapeutic and cosmetic treatments.

Could you hold off a vampire with a sunlamp, or kill him with a stake of grained plastic wood?

It had the pale, unripened complexion of someone who habitually uses a cathode-ray tube for a sunlamp.

·         Vessel- n. A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids.

“At each end of the vessel is a raised deck, forming tolerably commodious quarters for officers and men; and the forecastle is made to carry one or two heavy guns.”

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·         Diligent-adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy.

He made diligent and painstaking inquiries.

She must be diligent about how she used it.

·         Bray-v. To utter the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.

Tom and Rick made braying sounds in protest.

She had giggled like a donkey braying.

·         Nutrient-n. A source of nourishment, especially a nourishing ingredient in a food.

My body seems to immediately revive from the nutrients.

Come with me, and you can add whatever nutrients and restoratives you feel are required to the soup I'm getting Killashandra.

·         Plight- n. A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one. See Synonyms at predicament.

“Since our common plight is precisely to live in such uncertainty, what's wrong with this?”

·         Ballast- n. Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship or the gondola of a balloon to enhance stability.

We'll drop all remaining ballast and climb through that layer as fast as we can.

Too much ballast, Joe always said, slows you down.

·         Fledgling-n. A young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers.

We all must have our freedoms, fledgling.

Then her gaze moved away from the fledgling, almost disdainfully.

·         Latitude-n. The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe.

That means in winter the icecup grows down to 45 degrees latitude The third was the HydrOs, from the temperate latitude, Heem's own ship trailing.

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·         Incarcerate- v. To put into jail.

“Since the decision to incarcerate is a Judicial one, how can the YJB achieve a target in which they have no say whatsoever? on June 16, 2008 at 8: 48 am | Reply John”

·         Rendition- n. An interpretation of a musical score or a dramatic piece.

“Extraordinary rendition is legally and morally problematic.”

·         Saunter- v. To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll.

Sebastian grinned and sauntered after her.

Catherine sauntered around the car.

·         Coed-n. A woman who attends a coeducational college or university.

adj. Of or relating to an education system in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes; coeducational: a coed university.

“Their decision was not to place him in coed housing so long as he consented to be placed elsewhere and other housing was available.”

·         Commotion-n. A condition of turbulent motion.

There was now a commotion at the door.

Verna heard a commotion outside the tent.

·         Nerd-n. Slang A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.

Ironically, the only paying, legal job Bob had ever gotten in his life had been at MIT, the nest of the killer nerds.

The man Bosch had killed, toasting a friend's marriage, looking like the All American nerd that Bosch knew he had not been.

·         Drafting table- n. a worktable with adjustable top

“He grasped the norn’s hand and led her over to a short drafting table covered with sketches.”