Glossary

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Apothecary

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One that prepares and sells drugs or medicine

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Apocryphal

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Of questionable authorship or authenticity

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Baize

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A cotton or woollen material used mainly to cover gaming tables

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Balderdash

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Nonsense

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Blazoned

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To adorn or embellish (e.g. Coat of arms)

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Cabinet

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A small or private room set aside for a particular activity

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Carbuncles

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A red garnet, unfaceted and convex

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Cheval glass

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A long mirror on swivels in a frame

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Coquetry

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Flirtation

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Cupola

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A vaulted ceiling

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Damon and Pythias

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Greek myth, when Pythias was sentenced to death Damon took his place to allow him to get his affairs in order. When Pythias returned
, the king was so impressed he let them both go

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Diaphanous

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Such fine texture that it is transparent or translucent; delicate

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Ebullition

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Boiling

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Eddy

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A current of water or air (usually circular motion)

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Exorbitant

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Exceeding all bounds, as of custom of fairness

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Hansom

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A 2 wheeled carriage with the drivers seat above and behind

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Imperious

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Arrogantly domineering

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Incredulous

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Skeptical

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Infallibility

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Incapable of being wrong

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Maladies

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A disease/ailment

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Malefactor

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One that has committed a crime

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Mottled

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To mark with spots of colour

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Multifarious

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Having great variety

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Pall

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A covering that obscures

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Penitence

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Regret of wrongdoing

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Phial

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Vial

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Premonitory

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Foreboding

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Sawbones

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A surgeon

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Stringent

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Severe

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Tabernacle

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A place of worship

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Tincture

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A pigment

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Troglodytic

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Brutish ,unevolved, monstrous ,cave-dwelling

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Undemonstrative

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Reserved

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Vainglorious

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Boastful