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‘Your driving is unique,’ says Anchor. ‘But I cannot say it gives me confidence. We will change places.’

farrago: a confused mixture

pulchritude: beauty

nard: A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized

suzerainty: the right of a country to partly control another
(the dominant power allows tributary states to be technically independent but enjoy only limited self-rule)

Where the subordinate party is called a vassal or tributary state, the dominant party is called a suzerain. The rights and obligations of a vassal are called vassalage, and the rights and obligations of a suzerain are called suzerainty

mulcted: extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation, or extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation

pellucid: translucently clear

scorbutic: affected with scurvy

atavistic: relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral

gulch: a narrow and steep-sided ravine marking the course of a fast stream

coeval: having the same age or date of origin; contemporary or a person of roughly the same age as oneself