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Stan Smith
Born in 1946, Smith is a retired professional tennis player, having won Wimdledon and the U.S. Open once each.
dessicated
dried out
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corticatization
probably a misspelling of corticalization
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E.N.T. oncologist
ear, nose, and throat; an oncologist is a cancer physician
violas
A viola is a like a violin, only slightly larger and deeper in tone.
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E Unibus Pluram
A Latin pun on E pluribus unum ("From many, one"), the U.S. motto. This would mean "From one, many."
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Solipsism
a kind of narcissism based on the idea that one's own mind is all one can ever truly know
ballet de se
French: Ballet of (itself)
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plateaux
the proper French plural of "plateau," rather than "plateaus"
slog
to drive with blows
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Banzai!
a Japanese battle cry
hangdog
browbeaten or intimidated
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croupiers
attendants at gambling casinos
plasticene
misspelling of Plasticine, a brand name of plastic used for making molds
ancipitals
double-edged
accretive
of or pertaining to the process of natural growth
autonomical
of or pertaining to the reflexive nervous system
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machine-language
a coding system for computers that requires no compiling before running
Orinda CA
city of northern California, in the Bay Area, about 18 miles east-northeast of San Francisco
me droogies
Struck is speaking in Nadsat, the language of Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange, which is based on Russian. Droogies is Nadsat for "friends."
kertwanging
from context, this would seem to be a thrashing (at tennis), particularly hitting the ball at your opponent
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Mein kinder
German: My children
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Wagenknecht
sort of a formal German word for "chauffeur."
guilloche
This is "an ornamental pattern or border, as in architecture, consisting of paired ribbons or lines flowing in interlaced curves around a series of circular voids" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary).
A la contraire
A French mistake: Should be au contraire (masculine)
gingival mound
mound of gum tissue
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aperçu
an insight
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