{"id":3799,"date":"2022-04-22T00:48:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T07:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3799"},"modified":"2022-04-22T00:48:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T07:48:50","slug":"friday-vocabulary-203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3799","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. skew-whiff<\/strong> \u2014 askew, obliquely<\/p>\n

And just as we had gotten Mrs. Heriot back up on her feet, here came Jon the cooper charging down the hillside riding <\/em>skew-whiff on his dappled gray mare.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. antimasque<\/strong> \u2014 grotesque dance preceding or appearing between acts of a masque<\/p>\n

And finally the rude players of the second <\/em>antimasque scurried away off stage, leaving a calm scene of bucolic peace into which the two court ladies appearing as Prudence and Remembrance made their stately way.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. chiffonier<\/strong> \u2014 short sideboard enclosed by doors, sometimes with shelves at top; tall and narrow chest of drawers, often topped by a mirror; rag-picker<\/p>\n

I had angrily removed my collar and set it atop the <\/em>chiffonier, when I suddenly caught sight of my own face, positively purple with fury.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. foot up<\/strong> \u2014 to total a bill at its bottom<\/p>\n

If you cannot find yourself at your desk at six o’clock every morning, it matters not how quickly you can <\/em>foot up the accounts in pounds, shillings, and pence.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. smaragdine<\/strong> \u2014 of or relating to emeralds; emerald green<\/p>\n

I found myself staring deep into her gorgeous dark eyes, hypnotized by the <\/em>smaragdine sparks hidden therein.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. anagogic<\/strong> \u2014 spiritual; of mystical interpretation<\/p>\n

Whitmer began to expound upon his <\/em>anagogic interpretation of toast, detailing how the sacrifice of the amino acids in the bread to the radiant heat is transubstantiated through the mystical process into a revelatory new substance, the extrinsic goal of the Eleusinian Mysteries.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. damson<\/strong> \u2014 small dark purple or black plum; dark to medium violet<\/p>\n

Surely hers is not the only <\/em>damson bonnet to be found in the village?<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. anfractuous<\/strong> \u2014 sinuous, circuitous<\/p>\n

But it seemed that the more closely I tried to follow his <\/em>anfractuous exposition the more hopelessly confused I became.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. dimity<\/strong> \u2014 stout thin cotton fabric, with raised stripes<\/p>\n

Herr Ploetzl greeted me in a pale yellow <\/em>dimity dressing gown, grasping and shaking my hand as if he was trying to wring a towel dry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. scrip<\/strong> \u2014 small bag, satchel, wallet (esp. one carried by a beggar or pilgrim)<\/p>\n

He rooted around in the worn leather <\/em>scrip and finally extracted two plastic twenty-sided dice, one white and one black.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(idiom, from sentry’s challenge)<\/p>\n

qui vive<\/strong> \u2014 alert, state of watchfulness<\/p>\n

Best keep on the <\/em>qui vive until the sun is well and fully risen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. skew-whiff \u2014 askew, obliquely And just as we had gotten Mrs. Heriot back up on her feet, here came Jon the cooper charging down the hillside riding skew-whiff on his dappled gray mare.   2. antimasque \u2014 grotesque dance preceding or appearing between acts of a masque And finally the rude players of the … <\/p>\n

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