{"id":3331,"date":"2021-03-19T10:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2021-03-19T11:12:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T18:12:22","slug":"friday-vocabulary-148","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3331","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. allotropic<\/strong> \u2014 existing (of an element) in multiple physical forms<\/p>\n

Carbon is rightfully known for both the multitude and the variety of its <\/em>allotropic forms, which include diamonds, graphite, charcoal, glassy carbon, and even such modern derivations as buckyballs and nanotubes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. exiguous<\/strong> \u2014 scanty, meager<\/p>\n

The physician’s actual treatment was so <\/em>exiguous that it nearly qualified as homeopathy, though his fees seemed inversely proportional.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. educe<\/strong> \u2014 to bring out, to elicit; to infer<\/p>\n

He was a canny prosecutor, and rarely failed to <\/em>educe just the answer he was looking for from his witnesses.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. panga<\/strong> \u2014 large machete-like knife used in East and South Africa <\/p>\n

We now turn to the days of the so-called ‘Kenya Emergency’, when fear of the Mau Mau <\/em>pangas ruled the night.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. tutelary<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to a guardian or guardianship<\/p>\n

Under the care of his supposedly <\/em>tutelary older brother, Ashton was allowed to do almost as he pleased.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. trainband<\/strong> \u2014 civilian militia company of London and other areas, during Stuart rule and after<\/p>\n

Jack had missed them while he was abroad, his stolid compatriots forming their <\/em>trainbands or meeting in the coffee houses, working in the fields and shops, or sitting in the pews of a Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. lambrequin<\/strong> \u2014 woven covering for a knight’s helmet; decorative drapery placed over door or window <\/p>\n

Like much of medieval panoply, the <\/em>lambrequin degraded from its initial functional purpose\u2014protection of the helmet from rust and heat, in this case\u2014to an almost merely decorative accoutrement, coming to resemble nothing so much as a gaily colored quoit worn over the head like the imagined crown of a silly child.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. cinereous<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to ashes; ash-colored<\/p>\n

An ill-advised attempt at a jig led to an inebrious stumble against the mantle which propelled the urn containing dear Uncle Roberts to the marble floor, and there among the <\/em>cinereous rubble lay the ornate missing key.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. coruscate<\/strong> \u2014 to scintillate, to sparkle<\/p>\n

Though there were times when his conversation would <\/em>coruscate with flashes of wit, for the most part his speech was of a leaden dullness which left his listeners in a tiresome gloom.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. fauces<\/strong> \u2014 arched cavity at back of mouth leading to the pharynx<\/p>\n

If you don’t have burned toast or such suitable material, simply tickling the <\/em>fauces with a finger or a feather will often elicit the desired emetic response.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(old U.S. military slang)<\/p>\n

canned willie<\/strong> \u2014 corned beef in a can, corned beef hash<\/p>\n

“I know what I’ll do when I first get home,” he mused, “I’m going straight to the most expensive restaurant in Omaha and ordering the biggest steak they’ve got\u2014very rare\u2014with baked potato and mushrooms … and I’ll never eat <\/em>canned willie again for the rest of my life.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. allotropic \u2014 existing (of an element) in multiple physical forms Carbon is rightfully known for both the multitude and the variety of its allotropic forms, which include diamonds, graphite, charcoal, glassy carbon, and even such modern derivations as buckyballs and nanotubes.   2. exiguous \u2014 scanty, meager The physician’s actual treatment was so exiguous … <\/p>\n

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