{"id":4819,"date":"2025-02-28T10:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T18:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4819"},"modified":"2025-02-28T10:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T18:02:02","slug":"friday-vocabulary-334","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4819","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. dysphoria<\/strong> \u2014 state of feeling bad or unhappy, malaise<\/p>\n

The marketing team finished their presentation on moving the Overton Window of <\/em>dysphoria so that people at least didn’t feel so bad about feeling bad, but nobody in the room felt any better about the plan.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. punnet<\/strong> \u2014 small basket for selling strawberries or other fruit<\/p>\n

The strawberries looked luscious, and at $2 a <\/em>punnet (or 5 for $8) the price was great.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. runkle<\/strong> \u2014 to crease or wrinkle<\/p>\n

He <\/em>runkled his forehead as he strained to decipher the crabbed handwriting of his nephew.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. petcock<\/strong> \u2014 small hand valve used for drainage or testing<\/p>\n

After Decker’s pleas, the nurse opened the <\/em>petcock slightly to allow more morphine into the IV.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. ort<\/strong> (usu. plural) \u2014 leftover<\/p>\n

As he was feeding the <\/em>orts to the pigs, he thought of how the swine ate better than he, and he decided to humble himself and go back home and swallow his pride as well as his father’s food.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. risible<\/strong> \u2014 laughable<\/p>\n

The <\/em>risible nature of their sexual congress dampened the anger that drove him into Milady’s chamber, and his hoarse demands to “Get out!” were accompanied by tearful guffaws instead of ire.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. selachian<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to the subclass Elasmobranchii consisting of sharks, rays, etc.; sharklike <\/p>\n

Madag favored me with a <\/em>selachian smile and began to put on a pair of tight black leather gloves.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. horse-coper<\/strong> \u2014 buyer and seller of horses, usu. of ill repute<\/p>\n

Your typical <\/em>horse-coper is well aware of all the intricacies of contract law as it relates to the sale of horseflesh, so any complicated clauses in the bill of sale should alert you to the possibility that you may find yourself with neither your horse nor your money.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. spital<\/strong> \u2014 place for care of sick charity cases<\/p>\n

The 15th Century <\/em>spitals at Highgate were solely for the care of lepers, and of course were privately funded.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. petrissage<\/strong> \u2014 deep massage using kneading motions<\/p>\n

Henry submitted himself to the trainer’s <\/em>petrissage and felt his shoulders relax for the first time since he and Ollie had stolen that car outside the banker’s garage.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(historical policy of Louis XIV to reconvert Huguenots by billeting troops in their households and turning a blind eye to consequent abuse and thefts)<\/p>\n

dragonnade<\/strong> \u2014 abandoning civilians to the pillaging of soldiers<\/p>\n

After three days of this <\/em>dragonnade the city elders returned to General DuCloit and asked under what conditions he could be persuaded to withdraw the troops.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. dysphoria \u2014 state of feeling bad or unhappy, malaise The marketing team finished their presentation on moving the Overton Window of dysphoria so that people at least didn’t feel so bad about feeling bad, but nobody in the room felt any better about the plan.   2. punnet \u2014 small basket for selling strawberries … <\/p>\n

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