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1. lamella<\/strong> \u2014 gill of a mushroom; plate or scale of bone or other tissue<\/p>\n

The secondary <\/em>lamellae arise within the spaces between the primary or earlier gills as those latter grow away from the stem.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. syntagma<\/strong> (also syntagm<\/strong> [linguistics<\/em>]) \u2014 syntactic component; arrangement of components producing meaning or a greater whole; phalanx of Macedonian spearmen<\/p>\n

But of course he was known best for the three <\/em>syntagmata detailing all that was known at his era of the vagaries and nuances of Akkadian law and custom.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. thrombus<\/strong> \u2014 blood clot formed within an organism’s blood vessels<\/p>\n

If the antidote is not received quickly, <\/em>thrombi will appear in the lungs with the consequent fatal effects.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. keimelia<\/strong> (more commonly cimelia<\/strong>) \u2014 stored up or hidden treasure<\/p>\n

Thorsten permitted me to peruse this rare volume, opening up his <\/em>keimelia of rare books to me in an extremely generous gesture.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. whipster<\/strong> \u2014 know-it-all, smart aleck<\/p>\n

And then your cousin, that blithe <\/em>whipster, had the audacity to lecture my father on the proper way to harvest our melons.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. Kufic<\/strong> (also Cufic<\/strong>) \u2014 of or related to the Iraqi city of Kufa; of or related to Arabic characters used in originally writing the Koran<\/p>\n

Though the <\/em>Kufic characters were used in manuscripts for only three hundred years, they may be seen in inscriptions for far longer, well into the Fifteenth Century of the Common Era, and indeed the <\/em>takbir on the present-day Iraqi flag uses the <\/em>Kufic script.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. hidalgo<\/strong> \u2014 gentleman or lesser nobility in Spain or Hispanophone regions<\/p>\n

He dropped the reins into the hands of the shoeless peasant with all the foolish pride of the landless <\/em>hidalgo.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. pensile<\/strong> \u2014 hanging down<\/p>\n

The Red-wing Oriole generally builds its <\/em>pensile nest from long meadow grasses if these are available.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. manciple<\/strong> \u2014 steward in charge of supplies for a college, monastery, or law offices<\/p>\n

Our table was always excellent, for we had that best of all <\/em>manciples, not looking askance at sharp dealing, but never to the detriment of the house.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. palinode<\/strong> \u2014 ode or other poem retracting views of an earlier poem; recantation<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, changing one’s view necessitated at least the artistic endeavor of a <\/em>palinode, whilst today one merely screams “reverse ferret” and goes on as if nothing had ever been said differently.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(UK newspaper term)<\/p>\n

reverse ferret<\/strong> \u2014 sudden change of editorial position, esp. with no recognition of previous view<\/p>\n

While Orwell’s <\/em>1984 posited a severe system of psychological shocks to induce one to give up previously held tenets, nowadays merely searching for more clicks is enough to induce a <\/em>reverse ferret.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. lamella \u2014 gill of a mushroom; plate or scale of bone or other tissue The secondary lamellae arise within the spaces between the primary or earlier gills as those latter grow away from the stem.   2. syntagma (also syntagm [linguistics]) \u2014 syntactic component; arrangement of components producing meaning or a greater whole; phalanx … <\/p>\n

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