New/Old Words

Listed here are forgotten and newly acquired words discovered while reading 
Judgement in Stone by, Ruth Rendell

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  1. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 4:49 PM

    ATAVISTIC: relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.

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  2. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:14 PM

    PURBLIND: having impaired or defective vision

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  3. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:15 PM

    FROWSTY: having a stale, warm, and stuffy atmosphere.

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  4. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:15 PM

    FOIBLES: a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character

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  5. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:16 PM


    VOLTE-FACE: an act of turning around so as to face in the opposite direction

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  6. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:17 PM

    PHTHISIC: of a progressively wasting or consumptive condition

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  7. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:18 PM


    ASHRAM: a hermitage, monastic community, or other place of religious retreat.

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  8. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:18 PM

    AMANUENSIS: a literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts.

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  9. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:19 PM

    DIPSOMANIAC: a drunkard or alcoholic: someone who drinks alcohol to excess.

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  10. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:20 PM

    TETE-A-TETE: a private conversation between two people.

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  11. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:20 PM

    BEDIZENED: dressed up or decorated gaudily.

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  12. SuzeQFebruary 9, 2020 at 7:21 PM

    TITANESS: a female person of very great strength, intellect, or importance.

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