{"id":340,"date":"2011-07-15T12:43:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T19:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2011-08-12T12:41:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T19:41:15","slug":"friday-vocabulary-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note:<\/em><\/strong> Today’s vocabulary comes from my high school days, an actual English assignment I turned in one week, lo, oh-so-many years ago. My apologies<\/span><\/p>\n

1. intrepid<\/strong> — dauntless<\/p>\n

The <\/em>intrepid explorer carefully circuited around the yellow patch of snow as he neared the pole’s barber shop on his maggot-driven sled.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. labyrinth<\/strong> — maze<\/p>\n

Corn in ancient times was so precious that indians used to hide it in a <\/em>labyrinth, which is how it got the name maize.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. nomad<\/strong> — wanderer<\/p>\n

The hungry <\/em>nomads were forced to kill their transportation and eat the red, meaty camel guts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. ostentatious<\/strong> — intended to attract notice<\/p>\n

He wore a pendant in the shape of a flaming cross, an <\/em>ostentatious symbol of his membership in the Audubon Society.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. paradox<\/strong> — one whose character is inconsistent<\/p>\n

He entered the girl’s restroom, and the way that the toilet seat was up struck him as a curious <\/em>paradox to what he had expected.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. pathos<\/strong> — the quality that arouses feelings of sympathy<\/p>\n

To arouse <\/em>pathos and public support for himself, the presidential candidate ordered his wife killed by having her eaten by a titmouse.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. pensive<\/strong> — engrossed in serious, quiet reflection<\/p>\n

He sat in <\/em>pensive thought as he tried to determine which of the six beauties deserved the $1.98.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. poignant<\/strong> — painful and afflicting<\/p>\n

After the furor had died down, he was overcome with a <\/em>poignant realization that he would never beat his wife again; she was dead.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. reticent<\/strong> — uncommunicative<\/p>\n

The corpse remained <\/em>reticent about the nature of his death, only rambling about inconsequential matters such as the weather, a girl he had gone out with at fourteen years of age, and his latest novel, dealing with the oppression of the lower-class midgets of left Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. succinct<\/strong> — terse<\/p>\n

Let me be <\/em>succinct.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note: Today’s vocabulary comes from my high school days, an actual English assignment I turned in one week, lo, oh-so-many years ago. My apologies 1. intrepid — dauntless The intrepid explorer carefully circuited around the yellow patch of snow as he neared the pole’s barber shop on his maggot-driven sled.   2. labyrinth — maze … <\/p>\n

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