{"id":3343,"date":"2021-04-02T09:51:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2021-04-16T09:55:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:55:22","slug":"friday-vocabulary-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3343","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. bittacle<\/strong> \u2014 [obsolete<\/em>] binnacle, box on ship’s deck for the compass<\/p>\n

Be sure to use wooden pegs or the like in constructing the <\/em>bittacle, for metal nails can attract the compass.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. barney<\/strong> \u2014 [British<\/em>] fight, quarrel, brawl<\/p>\n

Terence spent the night in jail after getting into a <\/em>barney with some other drunken louts and thus he has an alibi for the murder.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. ninnyhammer<\/strong> \u2014 fool, simpleton<\/p>\n

If he seems a mighty Solomon, it is solely because he surrounds himself with such <\/em>ninnyhammers as to make his every phrase appear genius in stark comparison to the drivel about him.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. scarify<\/strong> \u2014 to make scratches or light incisions (as in vaccination); to wound, to make sore; to make cuts in the bark of a tree<\/p>\n

The duo finally made it through the brambles surrounding the top, Kris’s shins and calves so thoroughly <\/em>scarified that Devon felt glad he had worn long jeans even on such a hot day.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. surd<\/strong> \u2014 irrational number (esp. a root); voiceless consonant; [obsolete] deaf; stupid<\/p>\n

But try as he will, the student will find he is left with an irreducible <\/em>surd, namely the root of 2, just that number at the heart of the occult mysticism of the Pythagoreans and the cause of the murder of Hippasus.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. vizard<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] mask, visor<\/p>\n

Dame Whitby affects a <\/em>vizard, not to hew to the latest fashion, but to hide the marks of the pox upon her cheek and brow.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. lumber<\/strong> \u2014 to encumber, to obstruct or heap<\/p>\n

Dusty albums and boxes of old photographs <\/em>lumbered the bottom shelves, making the books thereupon almost inaccessible.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. university<\/strong> \u2014 [obsolete<\/em>] totality, entirety; the universe<\/p>\n

They are wrong, he taught, who speak of this or that animal as being “bad” or “evil”, for the <\/em>university of life comes from the Creator of all things, of Whose creation there is nothing which is not good, which does not redound to His glory.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. pettifogger<\/strong> \u2014 inferior legal practitioner, esp. one who cavils and engages in questionable acts; any petty practitioner<\/p>\n

I doubt that he was any worse than any of the other <\/em>pettifoggers who pervaded Congress during that dark time in our history, but he was cursed beyond his fellows with an absolute and irredeemable lack of humor.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. exogamous<\/strong> \u2014 of or practicing the custom of marriage only outside one’s clan, tribe, or group<\/p>\n

Pinkie shocked his Eton classmates when he not only married outside his class but pushed this <\/em>exogamous predilection so far as to marry an American.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(business formal, legal)<\/p>\n

of even date<\/strong> \u2014 of the same date<\/p>\n

This letter is in response to your inquiry <\/em>of even date regarding our ability to supply you with thirteen tons of cotton balls.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. bittacle \u2014 [obsolete] binnacle, box on ship’s deck for the compass Be sure to use wooden pegs or the like in constructing the bittacle, for metal nails can attract the compass.   2. barney \u2014 [British] fight, quarrel, brawl Terence spent the night in jail after getting into a barney with some other drunken … <\/p>\n

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