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Boskage |
a mass of trees or shrubs
"The roses were in bloom, nightingales soliloquized in the boskage..." |
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Soma |
a powerful drug used to create pleasant sensations
"there is always soma, delicious soma, half a gramme for half a holiday" |
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Monogamy |
practice of marrying one person at a time
"Family, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channeling of impulse of energy." |
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Pueblo |
the communal dwelling of an American Indian village of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
"a bird's eye view of ten or a dozen of the principal pueblos.." |
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Strumpet |
prostitute
"Whore!" he shouted "Whore! Impudent strumpet!" |
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Surrogate |
substitute
"Told them of the growing embryo on its bed of peritoneum. Made them taste the rich blood surrogate on which it bed." |
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Orgy-porgy |
a Solidarity Service hymn and dance which is used to signify the coming together of many people into a unified oneness
"Orgy-porgy" it sang, while the toms-toms continued to beat their feverish tattoo." |
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Suffuse |
to spread over or through the manner of fluid or light
"a new and profound significance seemed to suffuse the shining pages of the book" |
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Pneumatic |
having health and beauty
"Oh she's a splendid girl. Wonderfully pneumatic." |
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Languish |
to be or become weak or dispirited
"the foetuses grew and grew, or poisoned, languished into a stunted Epsilonhood." |