1. fleer — to grin or laugh in a rude or coarse manner How my old low companions did fleer when I confessed to them that my great plans for a tremendous heist had been foiled by two meek nuns and a truculent novitiate. 2. empennage — the stern of an airplane or airship, …
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Friday Vocabulary [UPDATED]
NOTE: Due to recently (12 July 2019) discovered repetition of a previously used vocabulary word, the offending entry has been replaced with a new word, definition, and example sentence. The original entry is preserved with strikethrough formatting. 1. dodder — to shake, to tremble The old man doddered so at the top of the stairs …
Friday Vocabulary
1. gobsmacked — flabbergasted, utterly astounded We were gobsmacked to learn that the mole was Mrs. Abernathy’s two year-old toddler, who was actually an Australian midget wearing a very clever disguise. 2. footling — blithering, foolish, silly I managed to make some footling comments, but could barely conceal my very great surprise. 3. …
Friday Vocabulary
1. murmuration — flock of starlings (sometimes applied to other birds) The gyring movement of the murmuration resembled a gentle whirlpool in the air as the birds suddenly decided to quit their perches in the elm overhanging the river. 2. dynamics — variation in volume of musical sounds The quiet portion of the song …
Friday Vocabulary [UPDATED]
NOTE: Due to recently (11 July 2019) discovered repetition of a previously used vocabulary word, the offending entry has been replaced with a new word, definition, and example sentence. The original entry is preserved with strikethrough formatting. 1. ha-ha — sunken fence or wall bounding garden or park, set into ditch so as to not …
Top Books of 2018
The Best Books (read by me) of 2018 A friend on Facebook posted a request for top books of this passing year, so I made this little list. I gave each of the books below 5 stars in my entirely subjective ranking. There are 29 books in total, twenty-six of which are fiction of one …
Friday Vocabulary
1. stanch — to cut off the flow of; to quench; to repress O let me stanch my primal force Sooner than blanch the wild water’s course. 2. soffit — under surface of architectural feature, such as a lintel, architrave, vault, or arch An accent color of pale orange had been used on the …
Friday Vocabulary
1. clarigation — solemn demand for redress made through heralds prior to declaration of war Despite their important mission, the members of the clarigation delegation were not immune to the siren song of the boogie woogie. 2. swadkin — diminutive of “swad” meaning country bumpkin, lout “Stop pressing that button, you pestiferous swadkin! Cannot …
Friday Vocabulary
1. sennight — seven days, a week It is difficult to believe that Christmas is only Tuesday sennight from today. 2. forearm — to arm beforehand I forearmed myself with the relevant facts in support of my plan to clean the filthy stables by tricking some godlike idiot into undertaking the job. 3. …
Friday Vocabulary
1. trow — to believe, to trust “The parson would never indulge in such reprehensible behavior, as I trow.” 2. theodolite — portable surveying instrument with telescopic sight for measuring horizontal, and sometimes vertical, angles The aging theodolite rarely was put into service, having been replaced in most mensural functions by wireless computer assisted …