{"id":2781,"date":"2020-04-17T04:32:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T11:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=2781"},"modified":"2020-04-15T12:45:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T19:45:11","slug":"friday-vocabulary-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=2781","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. closestool<\/strong> \u2014 (also<\/em> close-stool<\/strong>) stool with hole in its seat, beneath which rests a chamber pot<\/p>\n

The room he showed me was well-appointed, large enough to have a separate small chamber for the <\/em>closestool, unlike the mere nook hidden by a curtain I used in my own house.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. franklin<\/strong> \u2014 freeholder of land in 14th\u201315th centuries, ranking just below the gentry<\/p>\n

The farmers all told the friar scandalous tales about the rich <\/em>franklin who owned the inn and the ferry at the edge of the wood.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. irremissibly<\/strong> \u2014 unforgivably, in a manner precluding all possibility of pardon<\/p>\n

“Now that you know the true situation, my son, if you continue with your scheme you will be <\/em>irremissibly damned\u2014yes, damned.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. niveous<\/strong> \u2014 resembling snow; snowy<\/p>\n

A nail had torn a large hole in the bottom of the package and the laundry powder lay in <\/em>niveous mounds at the bottom of the closet.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. urinator<\/strong> \u2014 (obsolete<\/em>) diver<\/p>\n

He couches his words in obscure references and euphuistic constructions so that one needs be an expert <\/em>urinator to plumb the depths of his meaning.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. preterlapsed<\/strong> \u2014 past, bygone<\/p>\n

She stood in the photo arrayed in a costume from a <\/em>preterlapsed era, long gone even on that day in the previous century when some anonymous photographer had captured her on film.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. unwonted<\/strong> \u2014 unusual, not customary; unaccustomed<\/p>\n

My frail grandmother spoke with such <\/em>unwonted frankness that I became embarrassed and began to blush.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. dolichocephalic<\/strong> \u2014 long-headed; of skulls having a breadth less than 3\/4 the height<\/p>\n

The cell had only a metal mirror\u2014doubtless so that glass shards could not be broken off to form weapons\u2014but the reflecting surface had become warped, making me look like some mustachioed and <\/em>dolichocephalic Hunter S. Thompson.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. shy<\/strong> \u2014 to throw with sudden or jerky movement<\/p>\n

Without breaking stride he <\/em>shied the rock in his hand directly at Jason’s head and was wrestling the mask off the killer’s face before I knew his intentions.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. tenter<\/strong> \u2014 frame upon which cloth is stretched to dry evenly<\/p>\n

The baron awaited her answer in the tower chamber, and his patience was stretched upon the <\/em>tenter as never before when a dozen days passed with no reply.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(idiom)<\/p>\n

mare’s nest<\/strong> \u2014 illusory discovery<\/p>\n

The hopes for cold fusion soon faded after other scientists had a chance to study the data, and once again the authors of the paper had found only a <\/em>mare’s nest where they had thought to find the Holy Grail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. closestool \u2014 (also close-stool) stool with hole in its seat, beneath which rests a chamber pot The room he showed me was well-appointed, large enough to have a separate small chamber for the closestool, unlike the mere nook hidden by a curtain I used in my own house.   2. franklin \u2014 freeholder of … <\/p>\n

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