{"id":4736,"date":"2024-12-06T09:56:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T17:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:56:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T17:56:06","slug":"friday-vocabulary-323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4736","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. super<\/strong> \u2014 [informal<\/em>] supernumerary<\/p>\n

I thought those NPCs were just <\/em>supers in the adventure after the opening, so I didn’t bring their characters sheets or figures with me for this session.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. desuetude<\/strong> \u2014 disuse, discontinuance of practice<\/p>\n

His words came croaking and halting, as if his very power of speech had fallen into <\/em>desuetude during his long sojourn as a silent hermit.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. bantling<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] young child; bastard child<\/p>\n

“Aye! Let the <\/em>bantling lead the army, and watch his father’s hopes and plans fall into ruin as the lad’s untested steel shatters against Lord Henry’s battle-hardened soldiery!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. kalsomine<\/strong> \u2014 calcimine, whitewash<\/p>\n

An attempt to spruce up the appearance of the hut by applying a thin layer of <\/em>kalsomine had failed utterly.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. lute<\/strong> \u2014 sticky clay<\/p>\n

Jerry slathered <\/em>lute at the joint to prevent another such accident from happening the next time the downstairs fireplace was used.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. lute<\/strong> \u2014 to attach or to fix with lute<\/p>\n

Of course each of these joints must be well <\/em>luted or the apparatus will allow air into your mixture, likely ruining all your hard efforts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. divaricate<\/strong> \u2014 to spread apart, to diverge<\/p>\n

Their focus upon these strange fancies caused their beliefs and rituals to <\/em>divaricate farther and farther from the true faith.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. concupiscence<\/strong> \u2014 overwhelming desire, esp. sexual<\/p>\n

But for this <\/em>concupiscence of his youth he had substituted a lust for fame, which, once it was gained, led him into the still greater sin of pride.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. parure<\/strong> \u2014 jewelry set designed to be worn as an ensemble<\/p>\n

This was good news indeed, but the most important piece of the <\/em>parure, the large black diamond pendant originally the centerpiece of the necklace, still had not been found.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. dindle<\/strong> \u2014 to tingle; to tremble<\/p>\n

My left leg had ‘fallen asleep’ (as they say) from being folded beneath the other for so long, and as we staggered through the darksome woods it began to ‘wake up’, and the strange aching and <\/em>dindling running down my calves into my ankle so plagued me that I almost (almost!) forgot our loathsome pursuers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(psychology)<\/p>\n

hyperekplexia<\/strong> \u2014 condition characterized by overlarge startle response to unexpected stimuli<\/p>\n

His anxious overreacting to everything\u2014which he claims is diagnosed <\/em>hyperekplexia and I think is simply histrionics\u2014means that you have to ever so gently enter the room and murmur his name in a bare whisper until he deigns to respond to your mild call.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. super \u2014 [informal] supernumerary I thought those NPCs were just supers in the adventure after the opening, so I didn’t bring their characters sheets or figures with me for this session.   2. desuetude \u2014 disuse, discontinuance of practice His words came croaking and halting, as if his very power of speech had fallen … <\/p>\n

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