Sunday, July 7, 2013

Vocabulary list--#19


More words from POSP stringer Tim.

battology

buh-TOL-uh-jee

noun

Wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.


circadian

sur-KEY-dee-uhn, -KAD-ee-, sur-kuh-DEE-uhn

adjective

Noting or pertaining to rhythmic biological cycles recurring at approximately 24-hour intervals.


decoupage

day-koo-PAHZH

noun

1. The art of decorating surfaces by applying cutouts (as of paper) and then coating with usually several layers of finish (as lacquer or varnish).
2. Work produced by decoupage.


de profundis

dey proh-FOON-dis

adverb

Out of the depths (of sorrow, despair, etc.).


diglossia

dahy-GLOS-ee-uh, -GLAW-see-uh

noun

1. The widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.
2. Pathology. the presence of two tongues or of a single tongue divided into two parts by a cleft.


genethliac

juh-NETH-lee-ak

adjective

Of or pertaining to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.


integrant

IN-ti-gruhnt

adjective
 
Making up or being a part of a whole, constituent.

noun

1. An integral part.
2. A solid, rigid sheet of building material composed of several layers of the same or of different materials.


isolato

ahy-suh-LEY-toh

noun

A person who is spiritually isolated from or out of sympathy with his or her times or society.


ken

ken

noun

1. Knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception: an idea beyond one's ken.
2. Range of sight or vision.


lenitive

LEN-uh-tiv

adjective

Alleviating pain or harshness, soothing.


lyceum

lahy-SEE-uhm

noun

1. An institution for popular education providing discussions, lectures, concerts, etc.
2. A building for such activities.
3. (initial capital letter) the gymnasium where Aristotle taught, in ancient Athens.
4. A lycée.


mishpocha

mish-PAW-khuh, -POOKH-uh

noun

An entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends, clan.


mordacious

mawr-DEY-shuhs

adjective

1. Sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc.
2. Biting or given to biting.


motza

MOT-ser

noun

A large amount of money, especially a sum won in gambling.


muliebrity
myoo-lee-EB-ruh-tee

noun

Femininity.


orotund 

OR-uh-tund

adjective

1. Marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound, sonorous.
2. Pompous, bombastic.


pasquinade

pas-kwuh-NEYD

noun
 
A satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.

verb
 
To assail in a pasquinade or pasquinades.


stichomythia

stik-uh-MITH-ee-uh

noun

Dialogue especially of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama).


syllogism

SIL-uh-jiz-um

noun

1. A deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion/
2. A subtle, specious, or crafty argument.
3. Deductive reasoning.


theurgy

THEE-ur-jee

noun

1. The working of a divine or supernatural agency in human affairs.
2. A system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.


trachle

TRAH-khuh

noun

1. An exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
2. An exhausted or bedraggled person.

verb

1. To fatigue; tire; wear out.
2. To bedraggle.


wuther

WUHTH-er

verb

(of wind) to blow fiercely.


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