I was completely unfamiliar with these words, They seemed almost foreign to me. I think that i did not recognize these because of the time period (1950's).
Taciturn- temperamentally disinclined to talk.
penance- an act of self-abasement, mortification, or devotion performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin.
sepulchral- a receptacle for religious relics especially in an altar.
strident- characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound.
Chinook- a member of an American Indian people of the north shore of the Columbia River at its mouth.
rhododendron- any of a genus (Rhododendron) of widely cultivated shrubs.
- Moses Allred
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I saw some of those words too, and I'm glad you put them on here. I didn't even realize the world Taciturn while I was reading, and I don't know it. Thanks, this helped alot [=
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