{"id":4149,"date":"2023-04-07T08:50:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2023-04-07T09:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:07:01","slug":"friday-vocabulary-251","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4149","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. brangle<\/strong> \u2014 to squabble, to noisily dispute <\/p>\n

Though I’ve had to contend with many a bothersome neighbor, this Kenneth was the only one I ever had predisposed to <\/em>brangle over any issue, no matter how small.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. nonage<\/strong> \u2014 legal minority; immaturity<\/p>\n

Due to this similarity in name he had had judgement passed against him whilst still he was in his <\/em>nonage, and he spent hundreds in decades of pleadings to have it reversed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. mulct<\/strong> \u2014 to fine, to impose a penalty; to take by fraud, to swindle<\/p>\n

The transaction fees were exorbitant, however, and when Peavey sat down and went over the books, he found that his ‘counselor’ had <\/em>mulcted almost the entire principal of the trust.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. batrachian<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to frogs and toads<\/p>\n

The gout had given his visage a <\/em>batrachian form, with his once cheery cheeks now swollen like a toad in heat.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. discerption<\/strong> \u2014 pulling or tearing into separate pieces, rending<\/p>\n

Just as the soul in Swedenborgian theology can be lost by <\/em>discerption, so too can the human mind be rent into fractured parts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. palmer<\/strong> \u2014 religious pilgrim<\/p>\n

The other cell was occupied by a <\/em>palmer who had committed some unknown crime against the seigneur, though he was permitted to keep in his cell the sad branch of palm he had carried since his trek to the Holy Land.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. acromegaly<\/strong> \u2014 disease causing growth of head, hands and feet due to disfunction of pituitary gland<\/p>\n

The two films which most featured Hatton’s <\/em>acromegaly were released only after his death from the consequences of his disease.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. definiens<\/strong> \u2014 words which define (a dictionary entry)<\/p>\n

Though theoretically the words the <\/em>definiens can be substituted for the definiendum any place where it is used, in practice this may not always make the best logical, grammatical, or stylistic sense.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. pyroclastic<\/strong> \u2014 consisting of or related to rocks from a volcano<\/p>\n

Microscopic examination reveals the <\/em>pyroclastic origin of these conglomerates, showing the characteristics of andesitic eruptive rock.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. primogeniture<\/strong> \u2014 being the firstborn; inheritance through the eldest child (usu. the male)<\/p>\n

He had that natural confidence which is often a consequence of <\/em>primogeniture.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(legal Latin)<\/p>\n

lex talionis<\/strong> \u2014 legal principle that the punishment should be commensurate to the crime<\/p>\n

But the court ruled that having to stand out in the snow with his tongue affixed to the damaged light pole violated the <\/em>lex talionis, and removed that part of his sentence.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. brangle \u2014 to squabble, to noisily dispute Though I’ve had to contend with many a bothersome neighbor, this Kenneth was the only one I ever had predisposed to brangle over any issue, no matter how small.   2. nonage \u2014 legal minority; immaturity Due to this similarity in name he had had judgement passed … <\/p>\n

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