Another batch of vocabulary words from POSP stringer Tim.
abrade
uh-BREYD
verb
1. To scrape off.
2. To wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
aphorism
ae-fi\e-riz-em
noun
A pithy adage, a terse statement of a believed truth.
apposite
ae-pe-zit
adjective
Extremely relevant or appropriate, most befitting, fitting a need perfectly.
boscage
BOS-kij
noun
A mass of trees or shrubs.
bumbershoot
BUM-ber-shoot
noun
Umbrella.
catachresis
kat-uh-KREE-sis
noun
1. Use of the wrong word for the context.
2. Use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech.
churlish
CHUR-lish
adjective
1. Boorish or rude.
2. Of a churl; peasant-like.
3. Stingy; mean.
4. Difficult to work or deal with, as soil.
collop
KOL-uhp
noun
1. A small slice of meat.
2. A small slice, portion, or piece of anything.
3. A fold or roll of flesh on the body.
conversazione
kahn-ver-saht-see-OH-nee
noun
A meeting for conversation especially about art, literature, or science.
cortege
kawr-TEZH
noun
1. A procession, especially a ceremonial one.
2. A line or train of attendants; retinue.
crepitate
KREP-i-teyt
verb
To make a crackling sound; crackle.
dipsomania
dip-suh-MEY-nee-uh
noun
An irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.
elucidate
ih-LOO-suh-dayt
verb
1. To make lucid especially by explanation or analysis.
2. To give a clarifying explanation.
fascicle
FASS-ih-kul
noun
1. A small or slender bundle (as of pine needles or nerve fibers).
2. One of the divisions of a book published in parts.
felonious
fuh-LOH-nee-uhs
adjective
1. Wicked; base; villainous.
2. Law. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: as in, felonious homicide; felonious intent.
friable
frai-e-bel
adjective
Crumbly, brittle, fragile, easily broken up or broken into small pieces.
frondescence
fron-DES-uhns
noun
1. Leafage; foliage.
2. The process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
geophagy
jee-ah-fe-gee
noun
The eating of earth, especially clay, or other non-food substances.
impute
im-PYOOT
verb
1. To lay the responsibility or blame for often falsely or unjustly.
2. To credit to a person or a cause.
kegler
KEG-ler
noun
A person who bowls; bowler.
knavery
NEY-vuh-ree
noun
1. Unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest dealing; trickery.
2. Action or practice characteristic of a knave
3. A knavish act or practice.
neoteny
nee-aht-e-ee
noun
1. Retention of juvenile characteristics in the adults of a species.
2. The attainment of sexual maturity by an organism still in its larval stage.
nyctophobia
nik-tuh-FOH-bee-uh
noun
An abnormal fear of night or darkness.
operose
OP-uh-rohs
adjective
1. Done with or involving much labor.
2. Industrious, as a person.
oscitancy
ah-si-den-see
noun plural
1. A fit of yawning.
2. The drowsiness, slowness, laziness or indolence caused by fatigue or need for sleep.
pediculous
pih-DIK-yuh-lus
adjective
Infested with lice; lousy.
perdition
per-DISH-uhn
noun
1. A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
2. The future state of the wicked.
3. Hell.
4. Utter destruction or ruin.
5. Obsolete. Loss.
poltroon
pol-TROON
noun
A wretched coward; craven.
adjective
Marked by utter cowardice.
procellous
proh-SEL-uhs
adjective
Stormy, as the sea.
procrustean
proh-KRUHS-tee-uhn
adjective
1. Tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.
2. Pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
raillery
RAIL-uh-ree
noun
1. Good-natured ridicule; banter.
2. Jest.
ruction
rek-shen
noun
(Colloquial) A disturbance, a row, a ruckus, rumpus—a rowdy quarrel or fight.
salient
SAIL-yunt
adjective
1. Jutting forward beyond a line.
2. Standing out conspicuously; prominent; especially : of notable significance.
stertor
STUR-ter
noun
A heavy snoring sound.
swivet
SWIV-ut
noun
A state of extreme agitation.
taciturn
TASS-uh-tern
adjective
Temperamentally disinclined to talk.
trammel
TRAM-ul
noun
1. A net for catching birds or fish.
2. Something impeding activity, progress, or freedom : restraint -- usually used in plural.
virga
VER-guh
noun
Wisps of precipitation evaporating before reaching the ground.
weald
weeld
noun
1. Wooded or uncultivated country.
2. A region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.
zeitgeist
TSYTE-gyste
noun (often capitalized)
The general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era.
zymurgy
zai-mer-jee
noun
1. That branch of applied chemistry that deals with fermentation, such as that involved in wine-making or brewing.
2. The practice or art of fermentation in brewing, distilling, wine-making, and so forth.
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