{"id":3695,"date":"2022-02-18T09:57:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2022-02-19T09:38:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T17:38:32","slug":"friday-vocabulary-194","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3695","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. temerarious<\/strong> \u2014 reckless, rash, heedless<\/p>\n

On the other hand, as a result of his <\/em>temerarious purchase of Dogecoin he’s now a multi-billionaire.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. shawm<\/strong> \u2014 medieval double-reed woodwind with a conical shape<\/p>\n

For the nonce we made merry, dancing to the strains of the sackbuts, <\/em>shawms, and pipes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. brassie<\/strong> (also brassey<\/strong>) \u2014 brass-faced wooden golf club for hitting long low drives<\/p>\n

I smothered my <\/em>brassie shot and still had two hundred yards to the green.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. asyndeton<\/strong> \u2014 [rhetoric<\/em>] figure omitting conjunctions<\/p>\n

And now government “of the people, by the people, for the people”\u2014to quote Lincoln’s famous <\/em>asyndeton\u2014is truly in danger of perishing as never before.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. tulwar<\/strong> \u2014 Indian saber<\/p>\n

The horsemen held their <\/em>tulwars aloft as they charged into our camp, their blades reflecting redly our watchfire’s glow.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. topee<\/strong> (also topi<\/strong>) \u2014 lightweight Indian hat made from pith of the sola plant, pith helmet<\/p>\n

Somehow this pocket Venus managed to seem entirely at home in the fetid jungle, perfectly attired in her <\/em>topee and jodhpurs, and ready as ever for more adventure.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. decerebrate<\/strong> \u2014 to remove the cerebrum<\/p>\n

We could only stare in horror as we realized that the fiend had <\/em>decerebrated Smithers, yet had somehow kept him alive, replacing our stalwart companion’s will and character with … what?<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. rereward<\/strong> \u2014 [obsolete] rear guard of a military unit<\/p>\n

Sir Palence commanded the <\/em>rereward as we led our battered forces back through the dangerous defile.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. blackbirder<\/strong> \u2014 person trading in slaves or coerced labor, esp. in islands across the Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n

He was now one of the first families of Honolulu, though many whispered that he gained his initial fortune as a <\/em>blackbirder in the South Seas before buying himself the respectability he now enjoyed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. sightholder<\/strong> \u2014 bulk purchaser of rough diamonds authorized by De Beers<\/p>\n

As one of only about eighty <\/em>sightholders in the world, the Kim Kharesh Company is under constant scrutiny both from governmental entities and from De Beers itself.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Latin)<\/p>\n

vade mecum<\/strong> \u2014 handbook or manual for constant reference; EDC item<\/p>\n

From somewhere on his person (for he wore no pants), Huey (or was it Dewey?) pulled out the thick <\/em>Junior Woodchuck’s Guide, that <\/em>vade mecum he and his brothers always turned to in times of trouble.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. temerarious \u2014 reckless, rash, heedless On the other hand, as a result of his temerarious purchase of Dogecoin he’s now a multi-billionaire.   2. shawm \u2014 medieval double-reed woodwind with a conical shape For the nonce we made merry, dancing to the strains of the sackbuts, shawms, and pipes.   3. brassie (also brassey) … <\/p>\n

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