{"id":1445,"date":"2019-02-08T07:48:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2019-03-01T09:19:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:19:34","slug":"friday-vocabulary-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=1445","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n1. kakistocracy<\/strong> — government by the worst citizens\n

If all good people abdicate their responsibilities as citizens, eventually we shall all live under a <\/em>kakistocracy.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n2. exuberate<\/strong> — to be exuberant; to abound\n

I would fain <\/em>exuberate your news has moved me so!<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n3. stillicide<\/strong> — a falling (as of water) in drops\n

The laws of <\/em>stillicide govern where the fault lies when rainwater falls from one person’s roof onto the property of another.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n4. preterlabent<\/strong> — gliding or floating past \n

The fallen leaves formed a <\/em>preterlabent flotilla of red and gold upon the slow moving stream.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n5. trocar<\/strong> — perforator enclosed in a cannula or metal tube used in surgery for draining fluids, etc.\n

His victims were stabbed with an embalming <\/em>trocar, which though thematic is a rather punctilious weapon.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n6. zugzwang<\/strong> — a position in chess in which every move leads to a worse situation\n

I was trapped in an emotional <\/em>zugzwang, for if I did not tell her of my indiscretions Jenks would continue his blackmail, while if I did tell her she would be irrevocably hurt.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n7. theriac<\/strong> — antidote; specifically a medical paste compounded of many ingredients used by Greeks to cure poisons\n

As yet no sage has discovered the alchemy by which a <\/em>theriac for racial hatred may be compounded.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n8. rubicund<\/strong> — red, reddish, red-faced\n

Santa Claus is usually portrayed as a portly <\/em>rubicund fellow, though his overall good health is never questioned.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n9. hymnody<\/strong> — the singing or composition of hymns\n

Though Routley was a noted expert on <\/em>hymnody, he also wrote one work about Puritan themes in the modern detective story.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\n10. garth<\/strong> — enclosed ground, usu. beside a building, yard, etc.\n

The stables, barn, and other outbuildings formed a <\/em>garth for the horses, with only a short length of fencing with a gate completing the paddock.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. kakistocracy — government by the worst citizens If all good people abdicate their responsibilities as citizens, eventually we shall all live under a kakistocracy.   2. exuberate — to be exuberant; to abound I would fain exuberate your news has moved me so!   3. stillicide — a falling (as of water) in drops … <\/p>\n

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