New (old) Words

Listed here are forgotten and newly acquired words discovered while reading 
My Family and Other Animals by, Gerald Durrell


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  1. SuzeQJanuary 18, 2020 at 6:31 PM

    CATARRH: inflammation of a mucous membrane

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  2. SuzeQJanuary 19, 2020 at 4:25 AM

    EIDERDOWN: small, soft feathers from the breast of the female eider duck

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  3. SuzeQJanuary 19, 2020 at 4:26 AM

    DRACHMA: a former monetary unit of Greece, notionally equal to 100 lepta, replaced in 2002 by the euro.

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  4. SuzeQJanuary 19, 2020 at 4:26 AM

    HOBBLEDEHOY: a clumsy or awkward youth

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  5. SuzeQJanuary 19, 2020 at 4:27 AM

    VULPINE: relating to a fox or foxes

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  6. SuzeQJanuary 19, 2020 at 4:28 AM

    PROMONTORY: a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland

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  7. SuzeQJanuary 19, 2020 at 4:28 AM

    VIRAGO: a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman

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  8. SuzeQJanuary 19, 2020 at 4:29 AM

    CORTEGE: a solemn procession, especially for a funeral

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  9. SuzeQJanuary 19, 2020 at 4:30 AM

    UNGULATE: a hoofed mammal

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  10. SuzeQJanuary 19, 2020 at 4:30 AM

    YASHMAKS: a veil worn by Muslim women that is wrapped around the upper and lower parts of the face so that only the eyes remain exposed to public view

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