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charnel house
    a building or vault in which corpses or bones are piled.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    potted history
    a brief and simplified version of something that contains only the most important information or main facts.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    loath
    reluctant; unwilling.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    quotidian
    of or occurring every day.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    demur
    raise doubts or objections or show reluctance.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    elliptical
    (of speech or writing) involving or using ellipsis; especially so as to be difficult to understand.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    archly
    in an amused or satisfied way that suggests you know more than someone else.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    languorous
    characterized by tiredness or inactivity, especially of a pleasurable kind.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky