{"id":3985,"date":"2022-12-09T12:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T20:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2022-12-09T12:05:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T20:05:55","slug":"friday-vocabulary-235","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3985","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. adither<\/strong> \u2014 flustered, in a state of confusion<\/p>\n

But I was all <\/em>adither and deleted both the old and the new files, leaving my site a shambles.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. cloistral<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to a cloister<\/p>\n

Lurking beneath the <\/em>cloistral arch was the truant gamekeeper, his downcast eyes refusing to meet our own.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. ludibrund<\/strong> \u2014 playful<\/p>\n

Though Ott speaks of <\/em>ludibrund drug use to distinguish it from the ritual use of psychopharmacological chemicals, our research among the grimy Deadheads of eastern Canada found little which resembled play.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. petiole<\/strong> \u2014 [botany<\/em>] footstalk joining leaf to a plant’s stem<\/p>\n

By this point in abscission the <\/em>petiole is attached by vascular elements only, as every leaf on a deciduous tree is doomed to fall.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. nullah<\/strong> \u2014 ravine, riverbed, gully<\/p>\n

As Toby clambered up the dried mud banks of the <\/em>nullah, he heard a metallic sound which gave him pause.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. neesing<\/strong> \u2014 [obsolete<\/em>] sneezing; snorting<\/p>\n

Kurt could understand not at all how the <\/em>neesings of Leviathan might cause light to be emitted.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. aristarchian<\/strong> \u2014 very or overly critical<\/p>\n

Perhaps it is the power of his arguments which has persuaded our <\/em>aristarchian friend to be so forgiving, though I am tempted to credit the young student’s curly blond locks.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. ineffable<\/strong> \u2014 unutterable, unspeakable; of that which must not be spoken<\/p>\n

Brigid remembered the <\/em>ineffable climax of the Mysteries, when the panting almost delirious mob suddenly stopped their mad dance and perceived\u2014but best not to dwell on it!<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. vulnerary<\/strong> \u2014 useful for healing wounds<\/p>\n

You needn’t carry the leaves, as only the seed pods, properly made into a poultice, have any <\/em>vulnerary effect.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. hamadryad<\/strong> \u2014 nymph bound to a specific tree<\/p>\n

Though the oak was old now, older than even Eben could conceive, having been ancient when he was merely a mewling babe, its <\/em>hamadryad must still be young and lithe, as was proven by the verdant bright leaves which canopied his favorite thinking place, the branches stirring in the slightest breeze like his own flighty thoughts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. adither \u2014 flustered, in a state of confusion But I was all adither and deleted both the old and the new files, leaving my site a shambles.   2. cloistral \u2014 of or related to a cloister Lurking beneath the cloistral arch was the truant gamekeeper, his downcast eyes refusing to meet our own. … <\/p>\n

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