1. doula — trained woman assisting mother during and after childbirth Though the doula may provide emotional support and practical advice, she differs from a midwife in that she cannot perform medical activities. 2. congener — something of the same type as another; living organism belonging to same genus as another; fusel alcohols and …
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Friday Vocabulary
1. qaid (also caid) — local leader or judge in North Africa; Berber chief But the qaid interrupted Deschamps at this point, and brought out the leather-bound edition of Cooper’s works we had presented to the chieftain, and Teddy and I knew then that our gift had been a prescient one indeed. 2. shrike …
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1. panentheism — tenet that God is the entirety of the universe and yet somehow transcends the universe as well The author claims Rumi as a believer in panentheism because the Sufi poet finds God to be both transcendent and immanent, but then again, this is also the view held in most Catholic orthodoxy. …
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1. mononymously — using a single-word name And so he joined other mononymously known natural scientists such as Darwin and Mendel, though in Lysenko’s case it was because he was infamous as a fraud. 2. landrace — plant or animal exemplar purposely bred to thrive in local conditions The bitter potato landraces exhibit greater …
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1. fescue — pointer of straw, wire, etc. Chillingsworth now placed the tip of his birch fescue on the map projected upon the wall by the clever device he’d carried in his vest pocket. 2. oho — exclamation of surprise, elation, recognition “Oho!” exclaimed Percy brightly. “Looks like the hand is afoot now!” as …
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1. abseil — to rappel I knew we were in trouble but I only began to suspect just how much trouble when a helicopter appeared overhead and four men in black began abseiling from it on long ropes down into the clearing next to the charred remains of the ice cream van. 2. irredentist …
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1. mansuete — mild, gentle, meek And so, my brother, I implore you to enter this holy season with a mansuete and humble inclination, turning your thoughts away from the recent unpleasantnesses. 2. emmet — ant Consider the lowly emmet, too small to have large thoughts, yet still he has concern for his community …
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1. brangle — to squabble, to noisily dispute Though I’ve had to contend with many a bothersome neighbor, this Kenneth was the only one I ever had predisposed to brangle over any issue, no matter how small. 2. nonage — legal minority; immaturity Due to this similarity in name he had had judgement passed …
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1. cerement (usu. pl cerements) — cerecloths for wrapping the dead; burial clothes or wrappings But in the morning when finally we opened the innermost coffin, we discovered only a desiccated pile of cerements, as if the corpse itself had somehow dematerialized from its tomb after burial. 2. lour (variant of lower) — to …
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1. luthier — maker of stringed instruments In addition to being a talented songwriter in her own right, Shelsea is also a trained luthier, having learned the craft from her uncle who crafted guitars and mandolins for the greats of the Grand Ol’ Opry. 2. nard — scented balsam derived from the Himalayan spikenard …