{"id":4687,"date":"2024-09-20T10:49:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2024-09-26T19:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T02:12:58","slug":"friday-vocabulary-313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4687","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. campanology<\/strong> \u2014 study of bells and their making, ringing, etc.<\/p>\n

After enlisting the minister’s support in refocusing your church on the wonders of <\/em>campanology, you shouldn’t immediately seek to introduce grandsire doubles to your bellringers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. veneer<\/strong> \u2014 thin layer of decorative wood, usu. placed over other cheaper wood; layer of wood used to make plywood; superficial attractive surface covering less attractive substance beneath<\/p>\n

It wasn’t the lack of a plum in his mouth that betrayed his lower class origins\u2014that could have been cured with elocution lessons\u2014but rather the grubby neediness to be liked and approved which he covered in a <\/em>veneer of brash confidence, both of which made him unattractive to just those people from old money whom he wished to appeal to.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. tansy<\/strong> \u2014 herb with yellow flowers; 17th century dish using tansy for seasoning<\/p>\n

On either side of the path grew happy little patches of <\/em>tansy and verbena.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. oscitant<\/strong> \u2014 yawning, gaping; tired, drowsy<\/p>\n

He seemed an <\/em>oscitant fellow, nearly nodding off behind his lectern, but he became a veritable whirlwind the moment Taylor’s name was mentioned.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. hincty<\/strong> (also hinkty<\/strong>) \u2014 smugly superior, conceited<\/p>\n

“Ever since Cab Calloway told him he blew real good he’s been too <\/em>hincty to sit in on our sessions at Pete’s.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. huarache<\/strong> \u2014 [Spanish<\/em>] leather Mexican sandal<\/p>\n

Of course he should have stopped talking such nonsense long before he felt his mother’s <\/em>huarache slapping into the back of his head.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. dacron<\/strong> \u2014 polyester material used for thread and cloth<\/p>\n

He always looks sharp in his <\/em>Dacron blend shirts and 100% <\/em>Dacron slacks.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. acerbly<\/strong> \u2014 sourly, bitterly<\/p>\n

Of course she couldn’t leave it there and had to <\/em>acerbly point out that she’d gotten three degrees in the same amount of time.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. placket<\/strong> \u2014 slit in skirt or other clothing to facilitate putting on or taking off; pocket, esp. in a skirt; petticoat<\/p>\n

The pants all had <\/em>plackets with buttons, so that band members of various sizes could use and re-use the black trousers for years and years, no matter how much the waistlines diminished or grew.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. decalcomania<\/strong> \u2014 transferring decals onto surfaces<\/p>\n

But from fake tattoos her <\/em>decalcomania moved on to decoupage and then to fabrics and grew and grew until every article of clothing in the house\u2014even Billy’s athletic socks!\u2014were covered in cheery slogans and cute images transferred from her burgeoning collection of iron-on decals.<\/em><\/p>\n

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11. cynosure<\/strong> \u2014 center of attention; guiding star<\/p>\n

From almost the moment of their arrival in Peacock Village the Wilsons became the <\/em>cynosure of all eyes, and they could hardly have a couple over for afternoon tea without starting new trends in fashion and politics.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British idiom)<\/p>\n

plum in one’s mouth<\/strong> \u2014 speaking in a posh style associated with the upper class<\/p>\n

We kept him around because he had a <\/em>plum in his mouth from watching all those old actors like Gielgud and Guinness, though really he was just as naff as me.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. campanology \u2014 study of bells and their making, ringing, etc. After enlisting the minister’s support in refocusing your church on the wonders of campanology, you shouldn’t immediately seek to introduce grandsire doubles to your bellringers.   2. veneer \u2014 thin layer of decorative wood, usu. placed over other cheaper wood; layer of wood used … <\/p>\n

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