{"id":3468,"date":"2021-07-16T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T07:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2021-07-16T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T07:42:10","slug":"friday-vocabulary-165","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3468","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. matutinal<\/strong> \u2014 of or occurring in the morning<\/p>\n

He grabbed the newspaper for his <\/em>matutinal visit to the smallest room in the house, there to await the results of his first cups of coffee.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. ringent<\/strong> \u2014 gaping, grinning<\/p>\n

But the lip augmentation was a failure, leaving her mouth looking like a <\/em>ringent maw of inflated liver.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. huffy<\/strong> \u2014 quick to take offense; haughty; sulky<\/p>\n

Nicolai was in a <\/em>huffy mood all evening, making sure everyone at the party knew that he could have been somewhere much more interesting had he not felt sorry for the old gal.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. flageolet<\/strong> \u2014 small flute blown from end with four finger holes atop, and two below<\/p>\n

Then my grandfather picked up the <\/em>flageolet and began to trill out a falsetto rendition of “John Brown’s Body”, shocking my grandmother, who had assumed that the thing was a mere decoration.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. chop-logic<\/strong> \u2014 disputatious or tendentious argumentation, quibbling<\/p>\n

He was not actually interested in hearing the many proofs against the flat earth theory, but only wanted to respond with the same <\/em>chop-logic and tired questioning of the very conclusions he had been forced to accede to earlier in the discussion.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. judder<\/strong> \u2014 to violently shake<\/p>\n

After the incident with the cow and the fence post, the frame was badly warped, and the old car <\/em>juddered and shuddered all the way across the long rickety bridge leaving the county.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. nuchal<\/strong> \u2014 of or relating to the nape of the neck<\/p>\n

And because he habitually hung down his head, Tom Dooley had a perpetual <\/em>nuchal sunburn.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. foulard<\/strong> \u2014 lightweight cloth of silk or silk and cotton, often with printed design<\/p>\n

Once again she felt the weight of her failure, and she almost sobbed to think how proud she’d been of her taffeta gown, only to find that the fashionable women now only wore <\/em>foulard.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. impi<\/strong> \u2014 Zulu warrior unit<\/p>\n

Lord Shatterton won a smashing victory in spite of his own incompetence and the courageous <\/em>impis arrayed against him.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. margarite<\/strong> \u2014 [obsolete<\/em>] a pearl; type of mica supposed to resemble pearls<\/p>\n

Do not cast your <\/em>margarites before hogs.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British slang)<\/p>\n

shufty<\/strong> (also shufti<\/strong>) \u2014 a peep, a look<\/p>\n

I’ll just take a walk down the strand, take a quick <\/em>shufty around to make sure everything still looks good for tonight.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. matutinal \u2014 of or occurring in the morning He grabbed the newspaper for his matutinal visit to the smallest room in the house, there to await the results of his first cups of coffee.   2. ringent \u2014 gaping, grinning But the lip augmentation was a failure, leaving her mouth looking like a ringent … <\/p>\n

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