1. censor — to remove or suppress objectionable content from work to be published or promulgated Still, the easiest way for the occupying government to repress these renascent ideas of nationalism was to encourage these artists to censor themselves, whether from fear of paperwork or of financial loss. 2. sprezzatura — [Italian] studied nonchalance, …
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Friday Vocabulary
1. sennit (also sinnet) — braided straw or grass used for small crafts or hats Soon he replaced this rude headgear with a wide sennit hat shaped much like the latest fashions he’d seen in London, although with a wider brim. 2. cit — derogatory term for citizen or city folk We tried not …
Friday Vocabulary
1. ferine — feral, untamed, of or related to the state of animals existing in nature Not all ferine creatures exhibit such maternal love, but many do. 2. latitudinarian — tolerant, allowing great latitude in attitude (esp. of religious principles); lax, lacking necessary rigidity in views Of course, the allowances of these latitudinarian directives …
Friday Vocabulary
1. pongo — [British slang] soldier; [obsolete] large ape, as an orangutan or gorilla “I’m not about to let some bloody pongo wheedle his way into Lucy’s affections!” 2. perennial — perpetual, enduring; [biology] of a plant with a life cycle lasting over two years; recurrent Usually Garland found the perennial vigor and enthusiasm …
Friday Vocabulary
1. choler — anger, ire, irritability Nothing could raise Ira’s choler so much as the suavity of robots. 2. cat — [UK slang] to vomit “Sorry I almost catted back there,” Timothy said in his oh-so-serious voice, “but the news took me somewhat by surprise.” 3. cannikin (also canikin or canakin) — small …
Friday Vocabulary
1. trotter — animal that trots; foot of an animal (esp. sheep or pig) used as food Harqma, a spicy stew of lamb trotters, is a delicious Ramadan dish. 2. taphonomy — study of processes affecting living tissues after death, esp. with regards to fossilization Shriver was an expert in forensic taphonomy, and had …
Friday Vocabulary
1. undulate — to move in a wavelike manner; to look like a wave Keith dropped to the dance floor to do The Worm, and proceeded to undulate as if he had never seen Dune, Part Two. 2. thermotaxic — of or related to biological heat regulation Petey shivered in thermotaxic response to the …
Friday Vocabulary
1. thirl — to pierce, to drill To signify his acceptance by the tribe they thirled a hole through his right nostril, and he ever after wore there a ring of gold as a token of that day. 2. sallow — of pale sickly yellow color, esp. of skin Since last I had seen …
1100 Books
I just now finished my 1100th book since I started keeping track, way back in 2015. My 1100th book (not counting comics and books of the graphic novel type) was The Sensuous Dirty Old Man by Dr. “A”, a pseudo-pseudonym for Isaac Asimov. It’s a funny little throwaway humor book capitalizing on the (then) popularity …
Friday Vocabulary
1. orthoepy — study of pronunciation; correct pronunciation No matter how many times he was told that pronouncing ‘Jacobean’ as if accented on the second syllable with a long ‘o’ was not correct orthoepy, Yakov insisted upon mispronouncing it so, until it became a sort of proud talisman of error for the staunch Pynchonophile. …