{"id":3019,"date":"2020-08-21T21:17:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T04:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2020-08-29T09:47:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T16:47:27","slug":"friday-vocabulary-118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3019","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. penetralia<\/strong> \u2014 innermost part (esp. of a temple); most secret or private parts<\/p>\n

We rushed into her well-appointed toilette, and found her already dying, lying in the very <\/em>penetralia of her boudoir before a beautiful Art Nouveau vanity, a tortoise-shell brush still clutched tightly in her hand.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. chary<\/strong> \u2014 wary, shy, sparing, choosy<\/p>\n

Benjamin has become much more <\/em>chary of his time since Mrs. Betanthorp roped him into that charity event as an auctioneer.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. cinchonism<\/strong> \u2014 quinine poisoning<\/p>\n

Though Pete Le Gevre had the characteristic headache and deafness associated with <\/em>cinchonism, we missed the confirming tinnitus because he had had that symptom for years due to his work backstage at The Angry Ratchet.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. gentilitial<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to a particular people, country, or nation; belonging to family or kin<\/p>\n

Though they continued to enjoy their <\/em>gentilitial privileges for some more decades, the actual power had decisively shifted to the stewards who maintained the regency despite the opposition of the Queen Mother.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. firk<\/strong> \u2014 to move suddenly, to be lively; (obsolete<\/em>) to cheat<\/p>\n

And on a beautiful spring night the lads and the lasses all would <\/em>firk it beneath the ancient oak almost unto the sun’s rising, missing only the music to make it a dance.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. micturition<\/strong> \u2014 the act of urinating<\/p>\n

In almost all cultures standard taboos exist around the acts of <\/em>micturition and defecation, so the research party was doubly startled by what they discovered upon the island.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. dysuria<\/strong> \u2014 painful or difficult urination<\/p>\n

What should have been a pleasurable relief was made a fiendish hell by the demon of <\/em>dysuria.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. shirty<\/strong> \u2014 ill-tempered<\/p>\n

Enright was a <\/em>shirty little thug who’d flunked out of reform school before his thirteenth birthday, but he possessed the native cunning of all cornered rodentia.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. dielectric<\/strong> \u2014 non-conductor, insulator; electrically non-conducting<\/p>\n

Be sure to use <\/em>dielectric grease on all parts nearby the speedometer and sensor arrays.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. impedimenta<\/strong> \u2014 encumbrances; baggage; traveling equipment<\/p>\n

I quickly realized another advantage of traveling with an obscenely wealthy companion, as all of our luggage and other <\/em>impedimenta were made the sole concern of several of Roger’s numerous staff, and he and I were free to saunter about the city completely unencumbered.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British slang)<\/p>\n

cop off<\/strong> \u2014 to have sex with (someone)<\/p>\n

While I were locked up my best friend was <\/em>copping off my best girl, with me none the wiser.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. penetralia \u2014 innermost part (esp. of a temple); most secret or private parts We rushed into her well-appointed toilette, and found her already dying, lying in the very penetralia of her boudoir before a beautiful Art Nouveau vanity, a tortoise-shell brush still clutched tightly in her hand.   2. chary \u2014 wary, shy, sparing, … <\/p>\n

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