1. telson — terminal segment or appendage in abdomen of many arthropods and some embryonic insects Melisande gasped as the foul black telson of the monstrous scorpion hovered over her body, a drop of noxious ichor hanging from its sharp point. 2. Whitsunday — Sunday seven weeks after Easter, Holy Day celebrating descent of …
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Friday Vocabulary
1. mort — hunting horn note signifying death of the prey; [obsolete] death Let the trumpet sound a mort that all may know he lies here dead, and with him all our hopes. 2. mort — three year old salmon For this dish Chef Jackson prefers a mort to any younger fish, to better …
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1. leman — [archaic] lover; mistress ‘Twas an open secret that the fisher’s daughter was the leman of the ruddy-cheeked monk, though perhaps Brother Peter misguessed how widespread was this common knowledge. 2. defalcation — misappropriation (as of funds), embezzlement; shortfall, loss The gambler’s fallacy gave way to a frenzied need to make up …
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1. plutonomy — study of the creation and distribution of wealth, political economy; society in which wealth and consumption is controlled by very few members But in the world within the strange grasp of the modern dark plutonomy, Micawber’s dictum that happiness results when expenditures are less than income seems no longer to apply. …
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1. monopsonistic — of or related to a situation or market where only one buyer exists for given goods or services Before 1976, baseball players found their salaries kept down by the monopsonistic logic of the MLB. 2. endogamy — marriage within only a given tribe or social group Eventually this denaturing endogamy among …
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1. demesne — lands adjoining a manor worked solely for the owner; estate; domain, dominion; possession of land or property in one’s own right But for the foolish choice of his son Lord Willy would still own both castles and all their demesnes, but it is truly said that genius often skips a generation. …
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1. trucidate — to massacre, to murder, to kill, to slaughter It is of no use to contend that these ruffians were trucidated in defense of the republic, for they are murdered men natheless. 2. wether — castrated sheep or goat Lincoln Farms participated in a study to ascertain if the known problems with …
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1. aseity — metaphysical quality of absolute self-sufficient self existence, existence derived solely from self Though perhaps other aspects of God may be reproduced anagogically by we lesser beings, aseity is starkly centered in and derived solely from the Godhead itself. 2. fifth chain — chain used connecting lead horse to pole when five …
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1. pale — stake; paling, fence; enclosure; area within a defined boundary Denys was hauled before the magistrate and fined thirteen pounds for breaking the pale around the park ‘both knowingly and feloniously’. 2. pocket Venus — beautiful small woman Even after a strenuous trek across the desert that pocket Venus had more stamina …
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1. malacologist — one who studies mollusks The French malacologist Pierre Denys de Montfort is most famous for his fanciful descriptions of the kraken, a enormous octopus that supposedly pulled large ships down beneath the waves. 2. cochineal — scarlet or crimson dye primarily used in cookery, made of a dried powder derived from …