| A | B |
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| while their social superiors resumed their Wonted status | accustomed, usual |
| talked about the political issues of the day, which were Legion: | constituting a large number, multitudinous |
| a work-study school in the Verdant hills of... | green with vegetation |
| the Sonorous title of “secretary to the hunan office of the secretariat of the...” | impressive in style of speech (L sonor - sound) |
| mao’s “mental ailment” was a Specious excuse | having the ring of truth but actually fallacious (L species - appearance) |
| had been made to cut power lines and Interdict railroad travel in the area | (INterDIKT) to prohibit or place under legal sanction, to cut or destroy (L inter + dicere - to say) |
| puppet name of manchuria | manchukuo |
| and the Concomitant negotiations with their domestic or foreign owners | occurring or existing concurrently; attendant (L comitari - to accompany) |
| some of the inequities were Patent, as with the case of... | obvious, plain; not blocked, open (L patere - to be open) |
| the newspaper’s Dilatoriness in publishing the speech brought him into conflict with mao | intentions of delay, tendencies to postpone (L dis - apart / latus - carried) |
| presented his critical views in a circumspect way, not by Grandstanding but by... | performing ostentatiously so as to impress an audience |
| mao used him as a Foil for many of his own ideas | a decoy |
| were behind the Rote system of lecturing and exams that schools used | memorizing process using routine or repetition, mechanical routine |
| mao was self-Deprecatory | expressing disapproval or criticism (L de + precari - to pray) |
| the equivalent of the coroner’s Inquests | an inquiry into the cause of a death (L in + quaerere - to seek) |
| they were butterflies Besotted by flowers | muddled or stupefy, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation (L be + sot - fool) |
| nuns Besmirched their convents | to stain, sully |
| northern slope of the mountain Massif of northern shandong | a large mountain forming an independent part of a range |
| he Appended to the collection of stories and notes when he was 39 | to add as a supplement (L ad + pendere - to hang) |
| he Payed out the rope, it rose higher and higher... | to let out (a line or rope) by slackening |
| the tax Boon to them may have been larger than it looks | timely blessing or benefit |
| the Paragon of all these widows was woman tu, who brought up 3 sons... | a model of excellence or perfection of a kind (G para - alongside / akone - whetstone) |
| mocked the alleged Probity of these widows | complete and confirmed integrity, uprightness (L probus - upright, good) |
| their combination of fastidiousness and Lechery | excessive indulgence in sexual activity |
| particular fondness for books on Physiognomy | (FIZZ-ee-OG-nuh-me) the art of judging human character from facial features (G physio - natural, physical + gnomon - interpreter) |
| even after beatings he continued his Wanton behavior | immoral, lewd; unrestrainedly excessive |
| he moved beyond Pastiche to see the effects of raw terror | a work or style that borrows fragments or motifs from various sources |
| took the strongest villagers with him to the Defile in the mountains | narrow gorge or pass tha trestrics lateral movement (of troops) (OFr. de + file - march in a line) |
| problems that lurked within sexual relationships: the cash Nexus | a means of connection; the core or center (L nectere - to bind) |
| every day he invited the Wastrels of the villages to drink with him | an idler or a loafer (waste + rel [scoundrel]) |
| such wandering specialists as fortune tellers, Graphologists, and actors | study of handwriting, esp. as a means of analyzing character |
| eighty blows for throwing Ordure at the head of another | excrement, dung (also something morally offensive) (from L horrere - to shudder) |
| the Peonies are ten feet high, and the Camellias are ten feet high again | P garden plants having large, variously colored flowers w/ numerous stamens and pistils C shiny leaves, showy roselike flowers red white or pink |
| move into the more Amorphous realm of response to new phenomena | -of no particular type or lacking organization (G a + mophe - shape) |
| the practice of medicine was backed by elaborate Pharmacopeias | books containing an official list of medicinal drugs together with articles on their preparation and use (G pharmakon - drug, medicine + poiein - to make) |
| tea made from fresh snow on the Brazier slung between two horses | metal pan for holding burning coals or charcoal (braiser - from hot coals) |
| had them Inoculated against smallpox as i did my own children | to introduce a serum or vaccine into the body (L in + oculus - eye, bud) |
| those who pilfered the horses’ Accouterments would be punished | an accessory item of equipment or dress |
| if they Skulk behind their moats or in their mountain hideouts | to lie in hiding, often moving about stealthily |
| write out the questions myself in Vermilion | bright red to reddish orange |
| the people can say i’m a Perspicacious ruler | having or showing penetrating mental discernment (L perspicere - to look through) |
| when a Soothsayer is crazy and heterodox like Chu Fan-Tang | one who claims to be able to predict the future (soothe + saying) |
| their wet sea climates give a better Sheen than the dry chinese climate ever could | glistening brightness, luster, splendidness |
| the Geomancers yang and li chose the site | divination by means of lines and figures or geographic features (G geo - earth + mancy - divination) |
| sailing east, a Squall blew up and everyone wanted the sails furled | a brief sudden violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow |
| in the days of our youth our Constitutions flourished and water and fire were in balance | in the days of our youth our Constitutions flourished and water and fire were in balance |
| not that i am ill i am Querulous and forgetful | (KWERR) given to complaining (L queri - to complain) |
| Legerity | quickness or agility of mind or body |
| Whet | to sharpen, hone (as in skills) |
