{"id":3386,"date":"2021-05-07T06:41:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2021-05-07T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:30:11","slug":"friday-vocabulary-155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3386","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. enucleate<\/strong> \u2014 to remove the nucleus; to remove (kernel, tumor, eyeball) from its surrounding cover<\/p>\n

Nebuchadnezzar famously <\/em>enucleated King Zedekiah before taking him off to captivity in Babylon.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. afferent<\/strong> \u2014 [biology<\/em>] leading inward or conducting towards, as of nerves or other physiological pathways to organs<\/p>\n

One theory of tinnitus holds that the sufferer’s hearing is confused by excessive information from the <\/em>afferent pathways leading towards the eardrum, that the sounds of the very air in the ear canal are perceived to be excessively loud.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. eurhythmic<\/strong> \u2014 harmoniously proportioned; of or related to system of exercises and body movements developed in early 20th Century<\/p>\n

Le Corbusier created buildings based upon <\/em>eurhythmic dance exercises.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. glacis<\/strong> \u2014 gentle slope; sloping bank before the counterscarp of a fortress<\/p>\n

We surveyed the acclivity leading up to their fortified position, which continual machine gun and mortar fire had denuded, leaving an effective <\/em>glacis we would have to ascend, but which a few men with a single machine gun could defend with ease.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. complaisant<\/strong> \u2014 willing to please, obliging<\/p>\n

Do not be fooled by the benignant and <\/em>complaisant appearance of that old man, for he is a treacherous and possibly murderous rogue.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. dado<\/strong> \u2014 lower part of interior wall when finished differently than upper portion; grooved slot in board into which another board is fixed<\/p>\n

The once luxurious <\/em>dado of red and gold brocade was worn by the years of heat, compounded by the dampness infesting the mouldering house.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. phiz<\/strong> \u2014 [British slang] face<\/p>\n

I slowly raised my eyes from my beer, to look into the ugliest <\/em>phiz it was ever my misfortune to see.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. umbelliferous<\/strong> \u2014 belonging to the parsley family; having umbels<\/p>\n

The <\/em>umbelliferous nature of the soup’s ingredients made the dish look as if a tiny forest were emerging from a lake of broth.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. moiety<\/strong> \u2014 half; part; [anthropology<\/em>] either of two parts into which a tribe is divided <\/p>\n

But rather than using this forum to advance his ideas, Clerkenwell devoted a <\/em>moiety of his speech to repeating the same base attacks upon his rival, attacks which were known to be false even as he repeated them once more.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. erythema<\/strong> \u2014 redness of the skin caused by increased capillary flow<\/p>\n

Bjorn didn’t recognize the bull’s eye <\/em>erythema as a symptom of Lyme’s disease, and didn’t seek treatment as soon as he should have.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(idiom)<\/p>\n

in pig<\/strong> \u2014 (of a sow) pregnant<\/p>\n

“Billy, you’ve got to keep that dog away from Mindy while she’s <\/em>in pig.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. enucleate \u2014 to remove the nucleus; to remove (kernel, tumor, eyeball) from its surrounding cover Nebuchadnezzar famously enucleated King Zedekiah before taking him off to captivity in Babylon.   2. afferent \u2014 [biology] leading inward or conducting towards, as of nerves or other physiological pathways to organs One theory of tinnitus holds that the … <\/p>\n

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