{"id":3824,"date":"2022-05-27T09:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3824"},"modified":"2022-05-27T09:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:14:41","slug":"friday-vocabulary-208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3824","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. trucidate<\/strong> \u2014 to massacre, to murder, to kill, to slaughter<\/p>\n

It is of no use to contend that these ruffians were <\/em>trucidated in defense of the republic, for they are murdered men natheless.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. wether<\/strong> \u2014 castrated sheep or goat<\/p>\n

Lincoln Farms participated in a study to ascertain if the known problems with <\/em>wethers\u2014health issues, poorer quality meat\u2014might be ameliorated by replacing them with short-scrotum “rams”.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. dree<\/strong> \u2014 to endure<\/p>\n

My task it was to watch over the truculent twins, and though not pleased with my lot, I approached my burdensome duty as I would <\/em>dree any penance given by the priest.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. phantomesque<\/strong> \u2014 like a phantom, ghostly<\/p>\n

Across the moor I could make out vaguely a tenebrous <\/em>phantomesque shape, slowly growing larger and as slowly becoming less dim, until at last I recognized the slow, limping gait of the missing butler.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. amerce<\/strong> \u2014 to punish<\/p>\n

Are we doomed then to remain forever guilty, <\/em>amerced for the sin of our ancestors until the end of days?<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. rantipole<\/strong> \u2014 rude disorderly youngster; rake, fop<\/p>\n

We all agreed the Jennings was a clever <\/em>rantipole, who might eventually succeed in business if he didn’t end up in bridewell.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. chunter<\/strong> \u2014 to grumble, to complain<\/p>\n

The crabbed woman <\/em>chuntered away the entire time while preparing our repast, muttering imprecations we couldn’t make out against someone or something that had wounded her in the past.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. pudendum<\/strong> (usu. pudenda<\/strong> (pl<\/em>.)) \u2014 external genitalia, esp. the vulva<\/p>\n

Courbet’s <\/em>L’Origine du Monde brazenly displays the <\/em>pudenda of the subject, giving the lie to the etymological root of the quasi-euphemistic term, derived as the word is from the Latin meaning “to be ashamed”.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. pomerium<\/strong> \u2014 legal and religious boundary of the ancient city of Rome<\/p>\n

The catacombs are vast, extending almost exactly along the line of the <\/em>pomerium, as ancient proscriptions forbade the internment of the dead within that sacred boundary.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. mossbonker<\/strong> \u2014 menhaden, small pelagic fish<\/p>\n

Fishermen all along the North Atlantic seaboard knew well the worth of the <\/em>mossbonker, as Whitman noted in <\/em>Leaves Of Grass.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British informal)<\/p>\n

splash out<\/strong> \u2014 to lavishly spend cash<\/p>\n

Since it’s a special occasion we should <\/em>splash out on something a little fancier than just fish and chips.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. trucidate \u2014 to massacre, to murder, to kill, to slaughter It is of no use to contend that these ruffians were trucidated in defense of the republic, for they are murdered men natheless.   2. wether \u2014 castrated sheep or goat Lincoln Farms participated in a study to ascertain if the known problems with … <\/p>\n

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