{"id":4329,"date":"2023-08-25T11:35:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2023-08-25T11:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:35:24","slug":"friday-vocabulary-269","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4329","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. corybantic<\/strong> \u2014 crazed, wild, frenzied, orgiastic<\/p>\n

We have no need for <\/em>corybantic preaching and unbridled emotional appeal, for our program is a sane and reasoned approach of proven value.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. spencer<\/strong> \u2014 short tight jacket of 19th century, often trimmed with fur when worn by women and children<\/p>\n

Not even taking time to button my <\/em>spencer, I flew out the door and into the waiting coach.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. decrepitate<\/strong> \u2014 (of minerals) to crackle when heated<\/p>\n

The hunchback left the pan over the fire until the salts had completely <\/em>decrepitated, sluicing the remaining slurry through a fine sieve.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. slate<\/strong> \u2014 [British informal<\/em>] to criticize severely<\/p>\n

But no previous work of the Cambridge playwright had been <\/em>slated so unanimously by the critics; indeed, the naysayers had been almost silent heretofore.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. deturgescence<\/strong> \u2014 relative dehydration by which the cornea is maintained in a transparent condition<\/p>\n

The results of our study of the effects of temperature upon corneal <\/em>deturgescence were ambivalent, at best.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. oneirophrenia<\/strong> \u2014 hallucinatory state of dreamlike perception, often caused by severe sleep deprivation<\/p>\n

Often an episode of <\/em>oneirophrenia will be mistaken for schizophrenia, due to observation of obvious hallucinatory episodes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. homogamy<\/strong> \u2014 inbreeding<\/p>\n

Though the weak chins and drooping eyes we saw in all the villagers proved the deleterious effects of the <\/em>homogamy that held this remote valley in its vile grip, hidden from view was the loathsome effects of this horrid inbreeding upon this group’s moral sense, which suffered a deficiency far greater than the receding lower jaws.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. parsec<\/strong> \u2014 unit of astronomical distance equal to about 3.26 light-years, the distance to a star which has an apparent heliocentric parallax of one second when viewed from earth<\/p>\n

Antares\u2014the supposed locale of Dray Prescot’s adventures\u2014lies some 170 <\/em>parsecs distant from Earth.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. futurity<\/strong> \u2014 horse competition in which contestant horses must be nominated to the event long before it is held<\/p>\n

He couldn’t attend the reunion as he had a two-year-old in the weekend’s <\/em>futurity in Lansdowne, but Figgers promised to get in touch the week after.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. imbricate<\/strong> \u2014 to overlap, as in roof tiles<\/p>\n

But Dr. Whelan had <\/em>imbricated the damaged tissues with such care that there was never any weakness along that side of the leg, although the scar was plainly visible.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British derogatory slang)<\/p>\n

slapper<\/strong> \u2014 prostitute; woman of bad morals, woman with many sexual partners<\/p>\n

I got out of bed where the <\/em>slapper still slept, lit a cigarette, and looked out the window to the street where I saw the same blue Lancia I’d noticed following me the day before.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. corybantic \u2014 crazed, wild, frenzied, orgiastic We have no need for corybantic preaching and unbridled emotional appeal, for our program is a sane and reasoned approach of proven value.   2. spencer \u2014 short tight jacket of 19th century, often trimmed with fur when worn by women and children Not even taking time to … <\/p>\n

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