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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.”