{"id":4379,"date":"2023-10-06T10:56:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4379"},"modified":"2023-10-06T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:56:38","slug":"friday-vocabulary-273","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4379","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. gubbins<\/strong> \u2014 [British informal<\/em>] odds and ends; thing of no value<\/p>\n

“You don’t have time to worry about that <\/em>gubbins,” Sheila said, “our packs are full enough already.”<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2. nomothetic<\/strong> \u2014 based upon law; of or related to universal laws<\/p>\n

Dr. Hardwithe’s success stemmed ultimately from his misapprehension of the fundamental divide in clinical psychology, in which he contrasted the <\/em>nomothetic position with the idiopathic, instead of the usual idiographic.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3. alexithymia<\/strong> \u2014 inability or deficiency in experiencing or grasping emotions<\/p>\n

As is often the case with patients such as these, Mr. A suffered from severe <\/em>alexithymia, which was both a defense from and a progenitor of much of the social difficulties that had brought him to our clinic.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4. subduction<\/strong> \u2014 movement of tectonic plate below and aside under the force of another crustal plate<\/p>\n

Though the connection of boninite with <\/em>subduction is certain, the mechanism by which the mineral is produced is a matter of some debate.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

5. illation<\/strong> \u2014 conclusion, inference, deduction<\/p>\n

But Safire’s eccentric <\/em>illation went much farther than this, positing (correctly, as it turned out, but\u2014as Wittens noted\u2014with insufficient evidence) the existence of at least three men behind the attempt, all from this selfsame button and broken shoestring.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

6. frore<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] frozen, extremely cold<\/p>\n

My painful breath seemed the only sound in the <\/em>frore and murky wood.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

7. overmantel<\/strong> \u2014 panel or decoration above a mantel<\/p>\n

The famous <\/em>overmantel was designed by Fleming himself, though it is believed that much of the carving was the product of Locksley, who also constructed most of the furniture in this room.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

8. fenugreek<\/strong> \u2014 legume native to western Asia; seeds of this plant which are used in cooking and medicine<\/p>\n

For this curry, the perfume of the <\/em>fenugreek leaves contrasts with the gaminess of the meat, so you’ll want to use fresh rather than dried <\/em>fenugreek.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

9. hemiplegia<\/strong> \u2014 paralysis of one side of the body<\/p>\n

But he ignored his own moral <\/em>hemiplegia, saving his charity only for the weaker sex.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

10. muddlehead<\/strong> \u2014 stupid person<\/p>\n

Discussing the ‘ideas’ of this <\/em>muddlehead is like discussing the mountain climbing ability of freshwater fish.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. gubbins \u2014 [British informal] odds and ends; thing of no value “You don’t have time to worry about that gubbins,” Sheila said, “our packs are full enough already.”   2. nomothetic \u2014 based upon law; of or related to universal laws Dr. Hardwithe’s success stemmed ultimately from his misapprehension of the fundamental divide in … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Friday Vocabulary”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-4379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-vocabulary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4381,"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379\/revisions\/4381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}