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  1. withered
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
    It had a little curl of withered tubing at one end. New York Times (May 25, 2012)
  2. monk
    a male member of a religious community living under vows
    The monk, 18, is reported to have set himself alight in Sichuan province.
  3. monastery
    the residence of a religious community
    Nine Buddhist monasteries and seven mosques were also burned, they said. New York Times (Jun 14, 2012)
  4. harbor
    a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
    Pearl Harbor, on the other hand, is in a different realm.
  5. armor
    protective covering made of metal and used in combat
    Better props, weapons, armor, and so forth to make the immersion more realistic. Forbes (Jul 11, 2012)
  6. saint
    a person who has died and has been canonized
    The letter "s" will be covered up on Saints signs in the ballpark. Seattle Times (Jul 14, 2012)
  7. studded
    dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads
    There no towering mosaic studded walls or kindly mantle of smoke shut out the horrid sight. Various
  8. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
    As Obama put it himself, decades later, "I was leading an ascetic existence, way too serious for my own good".
  9. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
    But then again, few speak of him with the reverence reserved for less straightforward writers such as James Joyce.
  10. mystic
    beyond ordinary understanding
    Had a strange mystic power spread over him? Couperus, Louis
  11. palanquin
    a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers
    Some are riding, some are carried in old-fashioned canopied palanquins. Vay, P?ter
Created on Thu Jul 19 09:42:51 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Jul 19 09:43:18 EDT 2012)

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