{"id":3791,"date":"2022-04-15T23:31:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T06:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2022-04-22T00:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T07:50:06","slug":"friday-vocabulary-202","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3791","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. bariatric<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to treatment of obesity and associated conditions<\/p>\n

He was too tall to use the ordinary walker whilst recovering from surgery, so they gave him a <\/em>bariatric rollator instead, as that device could be adjusted to suit his great height.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. carceralism<\/strong> \u2014 philosophy of or belief in prisons and imprisonment as a public safety institution<\/p>\n

While some point to <\/em>carceralism as the major culprit behind a perceived failure of modern policing, others find this a fictive target, a straw man argument for so-called ‘progressives’ to attack as a means of further eroding the stability of the social order.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. nekyia<\/strong> (also nekya<\/strong>) \u2014 necromantic rite in Ancient Greece<\/p>\n

Questions about a supposed afterlife, and the possibility of some existence after death are found in the earliest human literature, as demonstrated by the <\/em>nekyia of Odysseus in the great Homeric epic.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. Heptasophs<\/strong> \u2014 defunct fraternal organization active in latter half of 19th Century, primarily in southern United States<\/p>\n

The Order of <\/em>Heptasophs was believed to have been inspired by the so-called Mystical Seven, one of the first American college fraternal societies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. emerods<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] hemorrhoids<\/p>\n

Though its loss was grievous to the tribes of Israel, the capture of the Ark of the Covenant was not an unqualified victory for the Philistines, who suffered from a “plague of <\/em>emerods” that afflicted the “secret parts” of the captors.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. cataplasm<\/strong> \u2014 [obsolete<\/em>] poultice; plaster<\/p>\n

When her agonies continued I placed a <\/em>cataplasm of bark and laudanum on her belly and prayed for the best.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. pediculous<\/strong> \u2014 infested with lice, lousy<\/p>\n

We stopped at an unfriendly inn, finding only cold gruel for sustenance and <\/em>pediculous pallets upon the even colder floor.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. holland<\/strong> \u2014 opaque linen cloth<\/p>\n

The small garret was suffused in murky light, the bright sunlight beyond the gable window blocked by an unfinished <\/em>holland drapery.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. vavasor<\/strong> \u2014 feudal vassal ranking just below baron<\/p>\n

Like many another <\/em>vavasor, Prentys was prickly and proud, easily offended if he felt in the least his rights were being slighted.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. fasciculate<\/strong> \u2014 arranged in bunches or bundles<\/p>\n

The tree is notable for the <\/em>fasciculate leaves which tend to grow only at the extremities of its branches.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Australian idiom)<\/p>\n

stone the crows<\/strong> \u2014 expression of annoyance or surprise<\/p>\n

“Well, <\/em>stone the crows!” fumed Bertie. “We won’t be on their trail after all. The bandits drained all our petrol.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. bariatric \u2014 of or related to treatment of obesity and associated conditions He was too tall to use the ordinary walker whilst recovering from surgery, so they gave him a bariatric rollator instead, as that device could be adjusted to suit his great height.   2. carceralism \u2014 philosophy of or belief in prisons … <\/p>\n

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