{"id":4178,"date":"2023-04-21T10:37:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2023-05-26T10:04:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T17:04:44","slug":"friday-vocabulary-253","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4178","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. abseil<\/strong> \u2014 to rappel <\/p>\n

I knew we were in trouble but I only began to suspect just how much trouble when a helicopter appeared overhead and four men in black began <\/em>abseiling from it on long ropes down into the clearing next to the charred remains of the ice cream van.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. irredentist<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to policy of acquisition by a country of territory belonging to another because of historical or cultural ties; advocate of such policy<\/p>\n

The commission hoped to avoid such <\/em>irredentist squabbles by a forced migration of the two peoples, though any historian could have advised them against such dislocation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. growler<\/strong> \u2014 four-wheeled carriage, hansom cab; large container for beer<\/p>\n

Leaving the rest of our breakfast upon the table, we rushed quickly to the street and hired a <\/em>growler to take us to the depot.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. Bantustan<\/strong> \u2014 one of the quasi-autonomous ‘homelands’ for blacks under South Africa’s apartheid regime<\/p>\n

Of course the <\/em>Bantustans were some of the most sterile land in the region, obligating those residing within to work cheaply at the pleasure of the whites to obtain the necessities of life.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. precipitate<\/strong> \u2014 very sudden, abrupt, heedlessly quick; to make happen prematurely, to cause to suddenly occur; to hurl down<\/p>\n

Because of your <\/em>precipitate release of this buggy software we have lost an opportunity to make serious inroads into our competitors’ market.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. precipitous<\/strong> \u2014 steep<\/p>\n

Charley finally staggered still moaning away from the <\/em>precipitous cliffs, but the crisis was not yet fully over.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. parison<\/strong> \u2014 mass of molten glass just before being blown into a final shape<\/p>\n

At Williamsburg the boys liked nothing better than to watch the glassmaker take the glowing <\/em>parison and shape it into a pitcher, a tumbler, a vase, or seemingly any shape he desired.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. arnophilia<\/strong> \u2014 bestial sexual congress between men and sheep<\/p>\n

But of course the perverted pleasures of <\/em>arnophilia are not nearly no frequent as you seem to believe, especially out here in the country.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. niello<\/strong> \u2014 black mixture usually consisting of silver, sulfur, copper, and lead, used as fill in silverwork, leaving black lines or background when the surrounding silver is polished<\/p>\n

But the real stunner of the find was a 9th-Century Anglo-Saxon dagger with silver and brass inlay, with the name of either the owner or the craftsman in <\/em>niello letters.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. obambulate<\/strong> \u2014 to walk around, to wander<\/p>\n

One day God was out walking with his angels when he came across Satan, who was also <\/em>obambulating about.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British nautical)<\/p>\n

Irish pennant<\/strong> \u2014 untidy loose ends of rigging or lines<\/p>\n

“How can you call your boat shipshape when you’ve got dozens of <\/em>Irish pennants hanging about everywhere?”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. abseil \u2014 to rappel I knew we were in trouble but I only began to suspect just how much trouble when a helicopter appeared overhead and four men in black began abseiling from it on long ropes down into the clearing next to the charred remains of the ice cream van.   2. irredentist … <\/p>\n

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