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TRUE GRIT vocabulary

Thu Feb 27 11:33:29 EST 2014
By FryGuy (MA)
gelding
page 15
"The Texas cowboys rode nothing but geldings..." (15)
prissy
"He was a prissy baldheaded man with eyeglasses." (32)
sanguinary
page 33
ambuscade
page 33
implicit
page 35
"...as per the implicit agreement with the client." (35)
impudent
page 35
"You are impudent." (35)
absolve
page 36
"...a letter from your lawyer absolving me of all liability..." (36)
bigamy
see "bigamists" on page 40
dropsy
page 42
bandy
page 53
"Do not bandy words with counsel, Mr. Cogburn." (53)
indulgent
page 54
countenance
page 58 (63 in smaller book)
carpetbagger
page 66
rowel
page 71
"The spurs were the Mexican kind with big rowels." (71)
sordid
page 76
probity
page 78
presumptuous
page 92
parley
page 107; 115
missionary
page 114
insolent
page 125
minstrel
page 156
quarry
page 177
fissure
page 184
grit

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