8 June 2015

• Raconteur: A person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly. 
• Professor Owen Glendower, a celebrated scholar and raconteur, gave two formal lectures each week. (Abby Henson)
• Cull: To choose; select; pick
• She took a few hours each week from her own dissertation research to read literary criticism on the plays and cull excerpts to present her sections. (Abby Henson)
• Riffle: To turn hastily; flutter and shift 
• Jack slouched in his seat, looking away from me, and riffled the pages of his text. (Abby Henson)
• Snicker: A laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner. 
• Snickers came from the side of the room. (HBR)