haracteristics of the races of humankind.

excogitated
Think out; devise; invent; study intently to comprehend fully.

execrable
Utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent; very bad:

ex proprio vigore
By its own strength; of its own force.

fyke net
Long bag net distended by hoops; fish can pass easily in, without
being able to exit.

gonfalons
Banner suspended from a crosspiece, especially for an ecclesiastical
procession or as the ensign of a medieval Italian republic.

graphophone
Phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.

hegira
Journey to a more desirable or congenial place.

hustings
Temporary platform where candidates for the British Parliament stood
when nominated and from which they addressed the electors; any place
where political campaign speeches are made; political campaign trail.

imbroglios
Complicated or bitter misunderstanding; confused heap.

mare clausum
Body of navigable water under the sole jurisdiction of a nation.

memoriter
By heart; by memory.

modus vivendi
Manner of living; way of life; lifestyle. Temporary arrangement
pending a settlement of matters in debate.

mugwumpery
Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine,
in the presidential campaign of 1884. Uncommitted person; a person who
is neutral on a controversial issue.

muniment
Title deed or a charter, defending rights.

mutoscope
Simple form of moving-picture machine; a series of views are printed
on paper and mounted around the periphery of a wheel. The rotation of
the wheel brings them sequentially into view and the blended effect
renders apparent motion.

Nestor
Oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.

obloquy
Censure, blame, or abusive language; discredit, disgrace, denunciation.

outre-mer
French: Overseas.

pergolas
Arbor or a passageway of columns supporting a roof or trelliswork of
climbing plants.

Plaisance
Place laid out as a pleasure garden or promenade.

pelagic
Pertaining to the oceans; living near the surface of the ocean, far
from land.

pendency
Pending, undecided, as a lawsuit awaiting settlement.

peristyle
Colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.

porphyry
Purplish-red rock containing small crystals of feldspar.

quadrennium
Four years.

quadriga
Two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses abreast.

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