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denizen: an inhabitant.
provender: food or provisions.
robustious: boisterous; vigorous.

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concatenation: a chain; a succession.

supercilious: disdainfully arrogant.

prima facie: at first view.

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thaumaturgy \THAW-muh-tuhr-jee\, noun:
The performance of miracles or magic.

Of course, none of these improbable meetings ever took place in reality. But within the realm of showbiz thaumaturgy, they’re perfectly acceptable examples of latter-day digital compositing, wherein it’s possible to have anything share a frame of film or video with practically anything else.
– John Voland, “Prez presses tech buttons”, Variety, July 21, 1997
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susurrus \su-SUHR-uhs\, noun:
A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

Still, the breeze is soothing, as is the susurrus of the branches.
– Michael Finkel, “Tree Surfing and Other Lofty Pleasures”, The Atlantic, March 1998

And there came, like the dry susurrus of wind before thunder peals and lightning, a great rustle of excitement. (more…)

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dapple: a small contrasting blotch; also, to mark with spots.
pugnacious: combative; quarrelsome.
capitulate: to surrender under agreed conditions.

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umbrage: offense; resentment.
incipient: beginning to exist or appear.
dapple: a small contrasting blotch; also, to mark with spots.

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emolument: the wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor.
palindrome: a word, verse, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.
deprecate: to disapprove of; also, to belittle.
bivouac: a usually temporary encampment; also, to encamp.

emolument \ih-MOL-yuh-muhnt\, noun:
The wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation.

The record indicates that few grandees who pleaded poverty to avoid service were left without substantial maintenance grants and emoluments and that the Crown gladly financed their luxurious military lifestyles.
– Fernando Gonzales de Leon, “Aristocratic draft-dodgers in 17th-century Spain”, History Today, 7/1
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Electronic Word of the Day: Billingsgate

billingsgate \BIL-ingz-gayt; -git\, noun:
Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language.

Chaney would yell at him in his own particular patois — an unapologetic stream of billingsgate far more creative than Marine drill instructors or master rappers.
– George Vecsey, “Learning at Temple: Se Habla Chaneyism”, New York Times, March 19, 2000
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cerebration: the act or product of thinking.
forfend: to avert; also, to protect or preserve
deleterious: injurious to health; harmful; injurious.

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