{"id":3772,"date":"2022-03-18T10:24:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T17:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2022-03-18T10:24:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T17:24:35","slug":"friday-vocabulary-198","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3772","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. bdellium<\/strong> \u2014 fragrant gum resin; the plant producing this resin<\/p>\n

We are told that manna was the color of <\/em>bdellium, which can be found in several shades similar to those of amber, though in plant form it is a greenish white berry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. pteruge<\/strong> \u2014 protective strip of leather or stiffened linen, used as skirt or flexible addition to armor in ancient Greek or Roman armies<\/p>\n

But the tiny dart, coated in a poisonous ichor, stuck fast to a stray <\/em>pteruge dangling from my decorative epaulet, and so I was saved\u2014for the moment, at least.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. oblation<\/strong> \u2014 office or sacrament of the Eucharist; religious or charitable offering<\/p>\n

The malt liquor poured out onto the 7-11 parking lot, a foaming <\/em>oblation to a not-so-blithe spirit who though gone was hardly forgotten.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. pukka<\/strong> \u2014 proper, genuine<\/p>\n

We simply must get the electrician to replace these extension cords and cables with <\/em>pukka wiring, or one day all the lights are going to blow.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. virulent<\/strong> \u2014 extremely noxious; intensely poisonous; very bitter, highly acrimonious<\/p>\n

If Mr. Deavers thinks that I am going to merely suffer silently while bombarded by these increasingly <\/em>virulent verbal and written assaults he is very much mistaken.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. ichneumon<\/strong> \u2014 Egyptian mongoose; parasitic wasp or other insect which lays its eggs in the larvae or pupae of other insects<\/p>\n

In ancient Egypt the <\/em>ichneumon was revered because of its penchant for devouring the eggs of crocodiles.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. hylozoism<\/strong> \u2014 theory that all matter has life, that life is merely a property of matter<\/p>\n

But the proponents of the Rife microscope tend to veer off into a radical <\/em>hylozoism, discovering in optical artifacts veridical clues to unsuspected lifeforms only visible to their specially trained eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. pernicity<\/strong> \u2014 rapidity, celerity<\/p>\n

Jubal then assembled the portable altar with a <\/em>pernicity that would have been amazing in a much younger man, and which was simply staggering in a man of his threescore and ten years.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. phallophoric<\/strong> \u2014 bearing or displaying a phallus<\/p>\n

Whether the <\/em>phallophoric processions of the Dionysian cult of this era was part of a dedication to generative principles or merely a badge of libertinage and excess, is a question much debated by historians and philologists.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. coble<\/strong> \u2014 flat-bottomed fishing boat with lugsail used in salmon fishing in Scotland and North England<\/p>\n

We placed the leather satchel in the aft of our <\/em>coble and returned to the mossy rocks to see if any further evidence could be found.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(military)<\/p>\n

cheval-de-frise<\/strong> \u2014 portable obstacle of wood or iron shaped like a larger toy ‘jack’, used to stop cavalry charges or otherwise impede military movements; spikes or glass embedded into the top of a wall <\/p>\n

On our inspection tour we found where the intruder had entered the grounds, noting the damaged and missing <\/em>chevaux-de-frise along the top of the wall, though at the time we could not tell whether this was the result of the burglar’s actions or a consequence of some earlier event.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. bdellium \u2014 fragrant gum resin; the plant producing this resin We are told that manna was the color of bdellium, which can be found in several shades similar to those of amber, though in plant form it is a greenish white berry.   2. pteruge \u2014 protective strip of leather or stiffened linen, used … <\/p>\n

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