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Post by Tegid on Oct 10, 2006 9:33:25 GMT -5
quaint
We walked across the drawbridge, and were admitted by a quaint, gnarled , dried-up person, who was the butler, Ames. -- (The Valley of Fear)
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Post by dreamer on Oct 10, 2006 17:58:45 GMT -5
rather
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Post by Tegid on Oct 10, 2006 18:59:19 GMT -5
showed
Among the older men were many whose features showed the tigerish, lawless souls within; but looking at the rank and file it was difficult to believe that these eager and open-faced young fellows were in very truth a dangerous gang of murderers, whose minds had suffered such complete moral perversion that they took a horrible pride in their proficiency at the business, and looked with deepest respect at the man who had the reputation of making what they called "a clean job." -- (The Valley of Fear)
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Post by luv1another on Oct 11, 2006 0:11:31 GMT -5
tarmac
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Post by Tegid on Oct 11, 2006 1:09:25 GMT -5
united
"But so long as I am in this chair we shall be a united lodge in word and in deed." -- (The Valley of Fear)
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Post by dreamer on Oct 11, 2006 7:50:10 GMT -5
vacuum
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Post by Tegid on Oct 11, 2006 8:11:22 GMT -5
whisky [ -- that's the British spelling]
Late at night there came a jailer with a straw bundle for their bedding, out of which he extracted two bottles of whisky, some glasses, and a pack of cards. -- (The Valley of Fear)
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Post by dancer on Oct 11, 2006 8:25:57 GMT -5
XENIUM -
Definition:
\Xe"ni*um\, n.; pl. {Xenia}. [L., from Gr. xe`nion gift
to a guest, fr. xe`nos guest.] (Class. Antiq.)
A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign
ambassador.
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Post by Tegid on Oct 11, 2006 14:08:07 GMT -5
yawned
The latter yawned and tossed the end of his cigarette into the fire. -- (The Hound of the Baskervilles)
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Post by dreamer on Oct 11, 2006 19:30:22 GMT -5
zoomed
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Post by Tegid on Oct 11, 2006 19:44:58 GMT -5
affair
"Or, again, there was that most grotesque affair of the five orange pips, which led straight to a murderous conspiracy." -- (The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, His Final Bow)
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Post by luv1another on Oct 12, 2006 3:49:36 GMT -5
buffet
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Post by Tegid on Oct 12, 2006 6:49:12 GMT -5
cooked
"The dinner itself was neither well served nor well cooked, and the gloomy presence of the taciturn servant did not help to enliven us." -- (The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, His Last Bow)
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Post by dreamer on Oct 12, 2006 7:48:28 GMT -5
doomed
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Post by Tegid on Oct 12, 2006 9:42:37 GMT -5
events
"There were grave events afoot, as the sequel showed, and the coaxing of Scott Eccles to Wisteria Lodge had some connection with them." -- (The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, His Last Bow)
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