{"id":3560,"date":"2021-10-08T09:46:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T16:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2021-10-08T09:46:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T16:46:48","slug":"friday-vocabulary-176","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3560","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. screw<\/strong> \u2014 small amount (of a product) wrapped in a twist of paper; such a twist of paper<\/p>\n

In the ragamuffin’s pocket (the one without the hole in it) were only two tarnished farthings, a <\/em>screw of tobacco, and a piece of rough twine.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. univocal<\/strong> \u2014 having only a single meaning, unambiguous<\/p>\n

But they spoke truly in those times, meaning what they said, in <\/em>univocal terms, not like today when even the simplest concepts have suddenly become subjects of great debate, and words mean little, if anything at all.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. coistrel<\/strong> \u2014 knave, scoundrel<\/p>\n

I would not be such a <\/em>coistrel as to turn away my former patron at the hour of his greatest need.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. buskin<\/strong> \u2014 half boot; thick-soled shoe worn by ancient Greek actors in tragedies, cothurnus; [fig.<\/em>] tragedy, the style of tragedy<\/p>\n

With a grandfather who had been one of the lights of Broadway, and his mother who had met his father-to-be while making the third in a series of maudlin movies destined for middle aged wives of the wealthy, Peter seemed born to the <\/em>buskin.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. dolman<\/strong> \u2014 long, open Turkish robe; woman’s mantle with cape-like sleeves<\/p>\n

When she fell out of the carriage she had gotten some foliage caught in the beads upon the sleeve of her <\/em>dolman, and now she sat by the fire carefully extracting every bit of vegetable matter.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. milk-toast<\/strong> (also milk toast<\/strong>) \u2014 breakfast dish made of toasted bread in milk, often served with either salt or sugar <\/p>\n

The best thing for an invalid is a small bowl of <\/em>milk-toast, perhaps because it encourages the sufferer to quickly recover so that she can resume eating normal food.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. egesta<\/strong> \u2014 excreted matter, esp. urine and feces<\/p>\n

During the illness, the patient’s <\/em>egesta must be collected and carefully measured, to ensure that further loss of body tissue does not occur.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. tumbaga<\/strong> \u2014 gold and copper alloy used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica<\/p>\n

Revealed at last, the gleam of the <\/em>tumbaga figurine peeked out from the plaster shell beneath which it had been hidden.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. ephebe<\/strong> \u2014 young man; male citizen in ancient Greece between the ages of eighteen and twenty<\/p>\n

These successful developers and grifters know well how to mobilize their armies of Kool-Aid drinking <\/em>ephebes to quash any investigation into their reprehensible schemes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. ebriety<\/strong> \u2014 drunken state; habitual drunkeness<\/p>\n

All five of those lads were found in such a condition of <\/em>ebriety that I would be hard pressed to accept them as character witnesses.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Latin)<\/p>\n

hic jacet<\/strong> \u2014 epitaph, literally “here lies”<\/p>\n

The work, though not physically onerous for most, did something to the soul, numbing the higher impulses and crushing the spirit until only a <\/em>hic jacet was left in the eyes and faces of the men and women who had come to this travail with hopes and dreams of a better tomorrow.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. screw \u2014 small amount (of a product) wrapped in a twist of paper; such a twist of paper In the ragamuffin’s pocket (the one without the hole in it) were only two tarnished farthings, a screw of tobacco, and a piece of rough twine.   2. univocal \u2014 having only a single meaning, unambiguous … <\/p>\n

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