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1. gormless<\/strong> — stupid, lacking in intelligence or vitality<\/p>\n

“If you are going to prefer the word of this <\/em>gormless gamer to mine, so be it!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. gaum<\/strong> — to smear with a sticky substance<\/p>\n

Though the handle of his baseball bat had been thoroughly <\/em>gaumed with pine tar, it still slipped effortlessly out of his tight grip when he swung fiercely at a curve ball.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. dubiety<\/strong> — doubt, the state of being dubious<\/p>\n

He listened to his teenaged son’s explanation for the missing car fender with increasing <\/em>dubiety.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. thyratron<\/strong> — gas-filled cathode tube acting as electrical switch and rectifier<\/p>\n

Though of course most old <\/em>thyratrons have been replaced by the similarly named solid-state thyristors, the glass tubes are still used in high-power applications such as particle accelerators.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. firkin<\/strong> — small cask for liquids, etc., holding a quarter of a barrel<\/p>\n

The pony keg found at a frat boy’s football party is almost a direct descendant of the aledraper’s <\/em>firkin, though the barrel of ale was of a greater volume than that used for kegs today.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. underwood<\/strong> — small trees or shrubs grown beneath timber<\/p>\n

In some cases clearing out the <\/em>underwood allows the timber to grow larger and more quickly, though this will depend upon the specific situation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. vaticide<\/strong> — murderer of a prophet; act of killing a prophet<\/p>\n

Though five men were charged with the murder of Joseph Smith, all were acquitted in the biased court and the <\/em>vaticides were never punished for their crimes, at least not in this worldly life.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. bumbaste<\/strong> — to beat on the buttocks; thus, to beat soundly<\/p>\n

The snake oil salesman was <\/em>bumbasted by his indignant audience before being driven out of town.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. chicane<\/strong> — subterfuge, trick; to quibble, cavil<\/p>\n

“What <\/em>chicane is this?” he cried as he plucked the fake pornstache from the hapless salesman’s face.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. wainscoting<\/strong> — paneling of walls or halls, often only on the lower section <\/p>\n

If you insist on putting plywood panels on the walls of your basement, be sure to call it <\/em>wainscoting when you try to sell your home.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. gormless — stupid, lacking in intelligence or vitality “If you are going to prefer the word of this gormless gamer to mine, so be it!”   2. gaum — to smear with a sticky substance Though the handle of his baseball bat had been thoroughly gaumed with pine tar, it still slipped effortlessly out … <\/p>\n

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