{"id":3444,"date":"2021-06-11T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2021-06-11T10:25:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:25:46","slug":"friday-vocabulary-160","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3444","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. spile<\/strong> \u2014 large wooden piling; wooden plug used as a spigot; to tap (a tree, a keg) by means of a spile<\/p>\n

Even with the dark lantern I could hardly make out the body beneath the pier, so dense was the forest of tarry <\/em>spiles.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. piacular<\/strong> \u2014 making atonement, expiatory; requiring atonement, sinful<\/p>\n

But still he knew that no amount of <\/em>piacular fasting could ever bring back poor Dennis from his watery resting place.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. amaurosis<\/strong> \u2014 total or partial loss of sight, usu. without external changes to the optic orb<\/p>\n

Kincaid was initially diagnosed with a fleeting <\/em>amaurosis which a later specialist correctly identified as merely a symptom of his recurring migraines.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. longanimously<\/strong> \u2014 with forbearance or patience<\/p>\n

Jolene sat <\/em>longanimously upon the bench before the county seat, waiting for a man who would never come.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. riggish<\/strong> \u2014 promiscuous<\/p>\n

Ah, but she is a right <\/em>riggish maid, especially when the moon is full.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. hellion<\/strong> \u2014 troublemaker or rowdy person, esp. a child<\/p>\n

With the television their only parent, the three <\/em>hellions respected no person or property, and had no moral sense except that whatever gave them pleasure was good.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. sneap<\/strong> \u2014 to pinch; to repress, to chide<\/p>\n

So poorly joined were the rough timbers of his cabin that the icy wind did <\/em>sneap me all the night, until I arose with the sun only slightly better rested than if I had slept out of doors.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. finical<\/strong> \u2014 finicky<\/p>\n

Our tabby, like all his <\/em>finical breed, will not eat unless everything is just so, and the repainting of the kitchen seemed to have unnerved him so that he would only take his supper in the dining room.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. paletot<\/strong> \u2014 loose or fitted overcoat or jacket<\/p>\n

Jessalyn thought she looked splendid in her red moire gown with the matching silk <\/em>paletot with black trim.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. busby<\/strong> \u2014 tall fur hat with colored cloth hanging down right side; tall bearskin hat<\/p>\n

As proud as I was of my black <\/em>busby trimmed with red, I was relieved to remove my headgear as we entered the back room of Mrs. Sweeney’s establishment.<\/em><\/p>\n

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11. cordwainer<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] shoemaker, leatherworker<\/p>\n

Let us meet, then, at noon, beneath the sign of the boot before the <\/em>cordwainer‘s shop.<\/em><\/p>\n

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12. riverine<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to a river; situated upon a river<\/p>\n

Yunkel’s village turned out to be a <\/em>riverine collection of rude wooden huts held above the water’s edge on stilt-like posts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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13. adit<\/strong> \u2014 horizontal opening into a mine<\/p>\n

The city had grown up around the ancient church, and the earth of the old burial ground was now below the street level surrounding, so that a sort of <\/em>adit had been dug to permit access to the sepulchers of the twice-buried dead.<\/em><\/p>\n

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14. tepidarium<\/strong> \u2014 warm room in ancient Roman baths<\/p>\n

The <\/em>tepidarium where the bathers assembled before entering either the hot or the cold baths was heated by a hypocaust.<\/em><\/p>\n

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15. pendency<\/strong> \u2014 state of being undetermined or awaiting settlement<\/p>\n

You must understand, of course, that the building was made available to you only on a temporary basis, during the <\/em>pendency of your cousin’s estate.<\/em><\/p>\n

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16. impennous<\/strong> \u2014 without wings<\/p>\n

It was Sir Thomas Browne who first noted that the earwig did not belong among the <\/em>impennous insects, but in fact had two wings which it kept folded back upon its body.<\/em><\/p>\n

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17. younker<\/strong> \u2014 youngster<\/p>\n

“Blast me, <\/em>younker! You did not think to best Old Jack, did you now?”<\/em><\/p>\n

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18. floccule<\/strong> \u2014 thing resembling a small tuft of wool<\/p>\n

The wiring problems were caused by tiny <\/em>floccules of dust which had collected in the ports.<\/em><\/p>\n

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19. sanguinaria<\/strong> \u2014 bloodroot<\/p>\n

The red sap of the beautiful <\/em>sanguinaria is quite poisonous, and the Abnaki used the root as an abortifacient.<\/em><\/p>\n

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20. fumid<\/strong> \u2014 vaporous, having or emitting fumes<\/p>\n

Sitting at the traffic light behind the vaping driver, his <\/em>fumid fruit-scented cloud nearly made me retch.<\/em><\/p>\n

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21. chaogenous<\/strong> \u2014 born from chaos<\/p>\n

The scar across Nicolai’s face, and his inability to speak, were reckoned as merely another of the <\/em>chaogenous evils which befell our city on that terrible day.<\/em><\/p>\n

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22. decollate<\/strong> \u2014 to decapitate<\/p>\n

The savage general ordered the mutineers to be <\/em>decollated and their heads displayed on the garrison walls.<\/em><\/p>\n

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23. nutant<\/strong> \u2014 drooping<\/p>\n

The wearisome heat and humidity began to tell upon the group, until even the <\/em>nutant tail of the dog bore witness to the fatigue felt by all.<\/em><\/p>\n

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24. murgeon<\/strong> \u2014 [Scots<\/em>] to mock, to make faces, to grumble; grimace, wry face<\/p>\n

Dovey would cavil at his every pleasantry, would <\/em>murgeon him unrelentingly, and rebuffed every attempt he made to woo her.<\/em><\/p>\n

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25. debenture<\/strong> \u2014 unsecured loan certificate; fixed-rate bond; drawback certificate against imported goods<\/p>\n

He realized over one hundred thousand on the cocoa imported, less the <\/em>debenture.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British military slang from WWI)<\/p>\n

blighty<\/strong> \u2014 (often capitalized) England; wound necessitating soldier’s removal from the front to the homeland<\/p>\n

Roslyn volunteered to learn the new equipment, hoping perhaps that he might be sent to <\/em>Blighty for instruction.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. spile \u2014 large wooden piling; wooden plug used as a spigot; to tap (a tree, a keg) by means of a spile Even with the dark lantern I could hardly make out the body beneath the pier, so dense was the forest of tarry spiles.   2. piacular \u2014 making atonement, expiatory; requiring atonement, … <\/p>\n

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