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1. paraphyletic<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to taxonomic group containing most but not all of the descendants of a common ancestor<\/p>\n

The Italic branch of Indo-European is <\/em>paraphyletic as usually delineated, as it leaves out the modern Romance languages.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. aorist<\/strong> \u2014 simple past tense in Ancient Greek, with no further limitations or restrictions; undefined<\/p>\n

While the <\/em>aorist usually denotes action occurring in the past, it is important that the action so denoted is conceived of as being completed, as in Matthew 26:65.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. hyalescent<\/strong> \u2014 becoming translucent or transparent, turning or being hyaline<\/p>\n

Staring at my face in the mirror, the skin on my forehead seemed <\/em>hyalescent as I clearly saw the blood coursing through the vessels pulsing at my temples.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. formication<\/strong> \u2014 sensation as if ants are crawling on one’s skin<\/p>\n

I do not trouble myself too much when I have infrequent bouts of <\/em>formication\u2014all of us have our moments both good and ill\u2014but I do begin to worry when I actually see the little buggers crawling across my forearms and legs.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. frot<\/strong> \u2014 to rub, to chafe, to stroke; [tanning] to make supple by rubbing<\/p>\n

By <\/em>frotting firmly the injured leg, we lessened the animal’s pain.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. flavid<\/strong> \u2014 yellow, sulphur yellow<\/p>\n

The package oozed a bright <\/em>flavid goo at one corner, and suddenly I imagined I smelt some indefinable something in the air.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. eyas<\/strong> \u2014 nestling hawk, esp. one removed from nest for training<\/p>\n

Many months were spent training the <\/em>eyas simply to fly, for he had been taken too early from the nest.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. ciborium<\/strong> \u2014 baldachin, canopy over a high altar; receptacle for the Eucharist<\/p>\n

The wash basin had been fashioned from a bronze <\/em>ciborium pilfered from the nearby demolished church, and the hammered letters “IHS” were still faintly visible.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. hypocephalus<\/strong> \u2014 small disks placed beneath head of the dead in Late Period Egyptian funeral practice<\/p>\n

Joseph Smith’s purported translation of the <\/em>hypocephali which he studied was no more credible than that of ancient Mayan by most so-called experts before 1950.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. tonitruate<\/strong> \u2014 to thunder<\/p>\n

We found the back entrance of the club easily, led by the pounding bass that <\/em>tonitruated through the walls.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British)<\/p>\n

cuckooing<\/strong> \u2014 exploitation of vulnerable people’s homes for criminal activity, esp. that related to the distribution of drugs<\/p>\n

The explosion of county lines drug trafficking has seen a concomitant rise in <\/em>cuckooing as weak-minded individuals are coerced into letting their flats or houses become storage depots for drugs.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. paraphyletic \u2014 of or related to taxonomic group containing most but not all of the descendants of a common ancestor The Italic branch of Indo-European is paraphyletic as usually delineated, as it leaves out the modern Romance languages.   2. aorist \u2014 simple past tense in Ancient Greek, with no further limitations or restrictions; … <\/p>\n

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