{"id":4154,"date":"2023-04-14T11:22:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4154"},"modified":"2023-04-14T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:22:37","slug":"friday-vocabulary-252","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4154","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. mansuete<\/strong> \u2014 mild, gentle, meek <\/p>\n

And so, my brother, I implore you to enter this holy season with a <\/em>mansuete and humble inclination, turning your thoughts away from the recent unpleasantnesses.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. emmet<\/strong> \u2014 ant<\/p>\n

Consider the lowly <\/em>emmet, too small to have large thoughts, yet still he has concern for his community and fellows, foraging always to feed the nest, rushing to protect his queen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. musth<\/strong> \u2014 period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants<\/p>\n

The onset of <\/em>musth is accompanied by secretion from the glands just before the eyes, and its effects can be made much more manageable by providing the afflicted elephant with a mixture of camphor and opium.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. luculent<\/strong> \u2014 lucid, clear; brilliant<\/p>\n

Halsey was a wonderful minister, known for his <\/em>luculent exegesis and his inspiring presence.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. cromlech<\/strong> \u2014 dolmen, megalithic tomb<\/p>\n

Excavations outside the perimeter of the <\/em>cromlech revealed no other sign of occupation, save for a small deformed needle of bronze which may have been part of a clasp, found some twenty yards from the northernmost stone.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. deciduous<\/strong> \u2014 shedding leaves annually; impermanent, transitory<\/p>\n

During the breeding season the tufted puffin’s bill is enlarged by <\/em>deciduous horny plates.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. physic<\/strong> \u2014 medicine, esp. a purgative, laxative<\/p>\n

Caution must be used in the application of a strong <\/em>physic, particularly if internal hemorrhage is suspected.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. cathexis<\/strong> \u2014 investment of emotional energy upon a specific thing; such energy invested<\/p>\n

Thus we see how an object may have an erotic <\/em>cathexis, but the same object may also have a <\/em>cathexis of love, which is different, perhaps even very different.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. barnburner<\/strong> \u2014 very exciting event; radical wing of New York Democrats in 19th Century<\/p>\n

But the opening fight proved to be the real <\/em>barnburner of the night, going the full fifteen rounds with both gladiators giving as good as they got, with the nod going to Kid Romeo, who won by only a single point.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. diencephalon<\/strong> \u2014 back of the forebrain<\/p>\n

Only the olfactory senses pass directly to the cerebrum; all other connections between the cerebrum and the nervous system are made through the <\/em>diencephalon.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(psychiatry, French)<\/p>\n

folie \u00e0 deux<\/strong> \u2014 delusion shared by a couple<\/p>\n

But most later researchers believed that the lovers’ experiences were merely <\/em>folie \u00e0 deux, though only Professor Thornburgh declined to posit a more banal explanation for the reported phenomena.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. mansuete \u2014 mild, gentle, meek And so, my brother, I implore you to enter this holy season with a mansuete and humble inclination, turning your thoughts away from the recent unpleasantnesses.   2. emmet \u2014 ant Consider the lowly emmet, too small to have large thoughts, yet still he has concern for his community … <\/p>\n

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