1. obduracy — stubborn inflexibility, state of being unmoved or unashamed Though Laithley continued in his obduracy, ever and anon did my lord offer the hand of friendship and pledged the return of his lands if only that stubborn knight would take the oath. 2. outrance — [obsolete] furthest extremity, at the very limits …
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Friday Vocabulary
1. peripeteia — sudden turn of events, reversal of fortune, crisis However, the thoughtful peripeteia of the classic Greek drama (as, for example, the drastic return of Neoptolemus to his normal open disposition) has been replaced by a poor pallid counterfeit, and every moviegoer knows that the dramatic scenes of failed plans and stratagems of …
Book List: 1100 Books (The Last Hundred)
As I told you not too very long ago .. oh, who am I fooling? it’s been quite over a month now … I recently passed the eleven hundredth book read in my little silly book tracking project. And that means it’s time once again to foist upon you a listing of all of the …
Friday Vocabulary
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, …
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 …