{"id":3440,"date":"2021-06-04T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:31:09","slug":"friday-vocabulary-159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3440","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. sesquipedalian<\/strong> \u2014 long-winded, given to using big words; polysyllabic<\/p>\n

I finally was able to decipher the doctor’s obfuscatory and <\/em>sesquipedalian oration and learned that my car had been stolen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. plexus<\/strong> \u2014 network of nerves or blood vessels; web-like structure of networked complexity<\/p>\n

Somehow over the years this one small block of the community had become enmeshed in an almost unbreakable <\/em>plexus of favors owed and favors received, expectations and promises, financial obligations and friendly loans, as well as bonds of family and past friendships and rivalries.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. fremitus<\/strong> \u2014 palpable bodily vibration<\/p>\n

He would lay the infant upon his chest as he practiced his German, and the baby was tickled by the guttural <\/em>fremitus as Pedro counted up to ninety-nine.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. intumescent<\/strong> \u2014 swollen<\/p>\n

Karen’s lips startled me, <\/em>intumescent from overdone and inapt collagen treatments.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. costa<\/strong> \u2014 [biology<\/em>] rib<\/p>\n

The buried electrical wiring produced earthen <\/em>costae that radiated from the cargo container we used as our command center.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. umbrage<\/strong> \u2014 offense, annoyance; slightest feeling, as of suspicion or dislike; shade or shadow<\/p>\n

I lost sight of the black snake as soon as it entered the dark <\/em>umbrage of the pines.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. sequaciously<\/strong> \u2014 in logical order; with blind following<\/p>\n

Jimmy attended <\/em>sequaciously to the latest QAnon analyses.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. renitent<\/strong> \u2014 offering resistance; recalcitrant<\/p>\n

Aye, he was smart enough, but so obtuse and <\/em>renitent was he as well, until you’d throw up your hands as soon as tell him something new.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. monostich<\/strong> \u2014 a one-line poem<\/p>\n

Rather than writing another epic, Gerrold undertook to fill a volume with 14,000 separate <\/em>monostiches.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. murine<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to mice or similar rodents<\/p>\n

At the bottom of the trunk was a pile of chewed cardboard, gnawed gloves, tufts of some sort of cloth, tiny fewmets, and other detritus of a <\/em>murine nest.<\/em><\/p>\n

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11. pemphigus<\/strong> \u2014 disease characterized by painful blisters on skin and mucous membranes<\/p>\n

In his thirties he barely survived a very serious case of <\/em>pemphigus, and the scars both external and internal remained with him all the rest of his life.<\/em><\/p>\n

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12. scoriaceous<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to dark frothy volcanic rock<\/p>\n

So tiny were the vesicles of the <\/em>scoriaceous pebbles that little rainwater found its way into the blebs.<\/em><\/p>\n

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13. versant<\/strong> \u2014 slope of a mountain<\/p>\n

The hardy sheep found good grazing upon the verdant <\/em>versant of the aged mountain.<\/em><\/p>\n

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14. ashlar<\/strong> \u2014 square-cut stone; masonry made of such stone<\/p>\n

The archbishop gravely blessed the fine granite <\/em>ashlar which was destined to be the final stone placed in the coping.<\/em><\/p>\n

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15. quag<\/strong> \u2014 boggy, marshy place, esp. with yielding turf<\/p>\n

The sheriff thought that Jackson had drowned in the swamp, but some believed that the runaway knew secret paths through the <\/em>quag and had made it to safety, though he was never seen alive again.<\/em><\/p>\n

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16. erumpent<\/strong> \u2014 bursting forth<\/p>\n

Lulled into tranquility by the initial pastoral images, the moviegoers were shocked by the suddenly <\/em>erumpent gore.<\/em><\/p>\n

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17. virescent<\/strong> \u2014 greenish, turning green<\/p>\n

I’d thought that JoJo was <\/em>virescent from envy, but it turned out to be a symptom of heavy metal poisoning.<\/em><\/p>\n

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18. charabanc<\/strong> (more properly char-\u00e0-banc<\/strong>) \u2014 sightseeing bus with bench seats and no center aisle<\/p>\n

The baby cheetah posed in the shade, and the riders on the left side of the <\/em>charabanc rued their positions on the wrong side of the bus.<\/em><\/p>\n

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19. mugient<\/strong> \u2014 bellowing<\/p>\n

Aidan sensed something wrong when the <\/em>mugient monsters in their cages suddenly ceased lowing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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20. rax<\/strong> \u2014 to stretch, to extend<\/p>\n

I got out of bed, threw out my arms, and <\/em>raxed like a waking dog.<\/em><\/p>\n

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21. mollitude<\/strong> \u2014 softness, luxuriousness<\/p>\n

Suddenly faced with Molly’s indescribable <\/em>mollitude, Oliver panicked and ran.<\/em><\/p>\n

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22. burke<\/strong> \u2014 to kill by suffocation or strangulation so as to leave no trace; to hush up<\/p>\n

But I soon found my plaint lost in the system, <\/em>burked by the very bureaucracy charged with bringing these malefactions to light.<\/em><\/p>\n

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23. viscid<\/strong> \u2014 sticky<\/p>\n

The price tags came off without too much trouble, leaving, however, a <\/em>viscid residue on the front and back covers which stuck to the books on either side of the shelf.<\/em><\/p>\n

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24. arctophile<\/strong> \u2014 lover or collector of teddy bears<\/p>\n

She was a devoted and demented <\/em>arctophile, and an asshole to boot.<\/em><\/p>\n

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25. perfervid<\/strong> \u2014 very ardent, extremely impassioned<\/p>\n

Swayed by his <\/em>perfervid oratory, we once more spread out into the community, seeking donations for the Acne Awareness March.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(language)<\/p>\n

lingua geral<\/strong> \u2014 either of two trade languages used in Brazil, based upon that of the aboriginal Tupi people<\/p>\n

The Englishman proved to be a valuable addition to our crew, as his familiarity with the <\/em>lingua geral decreased our dependence upon the increasingly inebriated Cuttleson.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. sesquipedalian \u2014 long-winded, given to using big words; polysyllabic I finally was able to decipher the doctor’s obfuscatory and sesquipedalian oration and learned that my car had been stolen.   2. plexus \u2014 network of nerves or blood vessels; web-like structure of networked complexity Somehow over the years this one small block of the … <\/p>\n

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