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. burgeon — to begin to grow
Listening to the fifteenth objection from a resident whose hair was falling out in clumps due to the plant’s effluvium, Harry realized that his plans were foiled and the Greater Community Industrial Park would never burgeon into the fabulous success he had been convinced was its destiny.
4. anent — in respect to, concerning
I have endeavored to gather multiple bids for the remaining work, anent which I have written you under separate cover.
5. apposite — well put, suitable
Despite his advancing years, great uncle Henry may always be counted upon for an entirely apposite summing up of the whys and wherefores of our annual Thanksgiving dinner debates.
6. yoicks — fox hunting cry used to urge on the hounds; exclamation of exultation or excitement
“Yoicks!” and “Tally-ho!” he would cry as he spied a sought after volume at the library, which might have led to opprobrious looks had not his delightful habit of dressing as Dumbledore allayed any disturbance the patrons might have felt.
7. accoucheur — a male midwife or obstetrician
Under the orders of her accoucheur, May restricted her physical activity to a brief walk in the garden for a few minutes before eating a light supper.
8. opsimath — one who begins to learn late in life
In spite of the imprecations urging skills retraining, no Computer Science opsimath is likely to be hired by any major tech company.
9. dirndl — outfit patterned after that of Alps peasants, consisting of a bodice over a low-cut blouse with a full skirt and (possibly) an apron
She looked quite fetching in her Tyrolean dirndl in dark green, though a bit too “Tomorrow Belongs To Me” for my taste.
10. plashy — full of puddles; boggy
The front yard had become a plashy morass, the steady rain having left a sodden mess which the thin grass and fallen pine needles did nothing to abate.