List 16
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25 words, courtesy of William Faulkner.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Distaff | women considered as a group (from spinning wheel terminology). |
| Manumission | freeing from slavery; formal emancipation. |
| Accolade | an expression of praise. |
| Commissary | a store where food and equipment are sold primarily for employees, such as on a military base, mining camp, television studio. |
| Pine-Knot | (1) a joint of pine wood used for fuel; (2) a torch which uses _________ for fuel. |
| Scoriation | a sloppily cut groove or furrow. |
| Skiff | a small boat; usually, a flat-bottomed rowboat. |
| Amortization | the reduction of a debt by paying small installments; to gradually reduce or write off the value of an asset. |
| Chattel | movable personal property; sometimes used figuratively of women who are treated like mere property. |
| Foils | fencing swords. |
| Toddy | a hot drink made with liquor, a sweetener, and often spices. |
| Still | (n) an apparatus for distilling liquids, usually alcohol. |
| Spittoon | a metal container placed on the floor for spitting.. |
| Suzerain | a feudal lord. |
| Suzerainty | a feudal lord's domain. |
| Fyce (Fice / Feist) | a small dog of uncertain ancestry; mongrel. |
| Roan | (adj) of a solid color, such as reddish brown, brown, or black, with a thick sprinkling of white hairs: usually used to describe horses or bovines. |
| Roan | (n) an animal (usually a horse or bovine) with a _____ (usually reddish brown) coat. |
| Bovine | (n) a ____ ruminant, such as a cow, ox, or buffalo |
| Bovine | (adj) resembling a cow or ox; slow moving, dull, stupid, placid, stolid |
| Stolid | calm, not showing much emotion or sensitivity; impassive. |
| Abject | sunk to a low estate: miserable and hopeless; extremely humble; absolutely despicable. |
| Juxtaposed | placed next to. |
| Juxtaposition | the act of placing things next to each other. |
| Peremptory | expecting to be obeyed immediately and without question; expressive of urgency. |
| Indomitable | impossible to subdue. |
| Emulate | to copy something achieved by someone else, attempting to do as well as or better. |
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