{"id":2255,"date":"2019-10-25T06:59:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2019-10-25T07:04:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T14:04:32","slug":"friday-vocabulary-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=2255","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. tagger<\/strong> (HT to Steve Skaar<\/a>) \u2014 one who tags; device for tagging (sheep, merchandise, etc.); graffitist<\/p>\n

Most variants of the game have a ‘no tag-backs’ rule of some sort, so that the <\/em>tagger can not immediately become the taggee.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. dorter<\/strong> \u2014 dormitory, esp. in a monastery<\/p>\n

I had been so nervous the previous night, creeping as quietly as possible past the <\/em>dorter, only to realize this morning that at least half of the monks had been up and about at the same time.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. maidan<\/strong> \u2014 open space near or in a town; parade ground<\/p>\n

Rogers was found with the other horsemen playing polo on the <\/em>maidan, cutting a fine figure on his chestnut stallion.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. astonied<\/strong> \u2014 (archaic<\/em>) stunned; dazed<\/p>\n

The Green Knight was <\/em>astonied to behold the two of them riding peaceably together upon Sir Spender’s gray charger, she riding sidesaddle behind the tall warrior.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. enkindle<\/strong> \u2014 to make to blaze up; to set on fire<\/p>\n

There was no single moment that <\/em>enkindled her ardor, rather a succession of moments, a series of sweet kindnesses and fiery actions that built her passion into an unquenchable flame.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. distaff<\/strong> \u2014 stave used to hold unspun fiber during spinning; women; female side of a family; female heir<\/p>\n

The pretensions of the Soviet would have you believe that all were equal in the party, but I noted that the <\/em>distaff side of the delegation were relegated to menial and clerical work while the men performed the hard labor of negotiation and attendance at working dinners.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. eulogium<\/strong> \u2014 speech or writing praising some person or thing<\/p>\n

Once more we were forced to endure a <\/em>eulogium on the intelligence and correctness of our supervisor, which, as always, would have carried more weight had it been delivered by someone other than the supervisor himself.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. nestle-cock<\/strong> \u2014 last or weakest hatchling in a brood; spoilt child<\/p>\n

Dorian barely survived the whooping cough and had been doted upon by his mother since, becoming such a <\/em>nestle-cock in consequence that he proved unable to endure any difficulty whatsoever.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. sough<\/strong> \u2014 to sigh, to murmur, to make a rushing or murmuring sound<\/p>\n

The wind <\/em>soughed through the willows while I lay beneath its branches with my eyes closed listening to each shifting breeze playing through the leaves.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. optative<\/strong> \u2014 of verb mood expressing wish or desire<\/p>\n

I boldly asserted I would become a world-famous stenographer, showing my youthful grasp of <\/em>optative expression, but little realizing that my lack of subjunctive mastery was already all too obvious.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. tagger (HT to Steve Skaar) \u2014 one who tags; device for tagging (sheep, merchandise, etc.); graffitist Most variants of the game have a ‘no tag-backs’ rule of some sort, so that the tagger can not immediately become the taggee.   2. dorter \u2014 dormitory, esp. in a monastery I had been so nervous the … <\/p>\n

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