{"id":3506,"date":"2021-08-20T11:22:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3506"},"modified":"2021-08-27T00:54:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T07:54:46","slug":"friday-vocabulary-170","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3506","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. corvine<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to a crow or crows<\/p>\n

The so-called detective pranced around the debris remaining in the street with ungainly, <\/em>corvine hops, examining each little pile of trash as if it would give up the very secrets of the universe if he simply stared at it strongly enough.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. palter<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] to equivocate or to lie; to mumble<\/p>\n

Do not <\/em>palter about your own deeply held beliefs, but rather sound out strongly your true feelings in the matter, or else keep entirely silent.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. exordium<\/strong> \u2014 beginning, introductory matter to a treatise, disquisition, etc.<\/p>\n

The dry matter of his actual discourse did not live up to our high hopes, raised as they were by the rubicund speaker’s delightful <\/em>exordium.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. droschky<\/strong> (also droshky<\/strong>) \u2014 Russian four-wheeled open carriage<\/p>\n

The prince invited father and I to ride in his <\/em>droschky, but having seen him racing his charger through the streets of the city, I declined.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. aleatory<\/strong> \u2014 unpredictable, random, depending upon the throw of a die<\/p>\n

Gonard’s success as an economist depends upon two things: his correct <\/em>aleatory predictions of market trends, and his ability to make others ignore his concomitant incorrect predictions.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. valiance<\/strong> \u2014 bravery; deed of valor<\/p>\n

We three were the only witnesses to Ewart’s selfless <\/em>valiance and we knew even then that nobody would ever believe the tale.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. distrain<\/strong> \u2014 [law<\/em>] to compel performance of some obligation by seizure of good, etc.<\/p>\n

Joey’s collection of Pok\u00e9mon cards had been <\/em>distrained for non-payment of rent.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. cosset<\/strong> \u2014 to fondle, pamper; pet lamb<\/p>\n

Father never <\/em>cosseted us when we were growing up, though he did give us a new pair of bootlaces every Christmas.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. severy<\/strong> \u2014 vaulted roof between two arches<\/p>\n

The ceilings of each <\/em>severy in the transept had been painted with fanciful astronomical signs, as if we stood beneath the vault of heaven rather than a vault of stone.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. dubbin<\/strong> \u2014 product used for conditioning leather<\/p>\n

Every Friday night as we headed for the bus into town, he could be found sitting on his bunk, rubbing <\/em>dubbin into his boots, in the forlorn hope that next week perhaps he could escape the wrath of Sgt. Ross.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(slang)<\/p>\n

stemwinder<\/strong> \u2014 invigorating speech, esp. rousing political oration<\/p>\n

Without notes or pause the old campaigner launched into a veritable <\/em>stemwinder of a speech, the best it has been this reporter’s pleasure to hear in many a year.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. corvine \u2014 of or related to a crow or crows The so-called detective pranced around the debris remaining in the street with ungainly, corvine hops, examining each little pile of trash as if it would give up the very secrets of the universe if he simply stared at it strongly enough.   2. palter … <\/p>\n

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