- administrivia, noun. Trifling administrative tasks, esp. those which take a significant amount of time to complete.
- analog (Brit., analogue), noun. A person or thing seen as comparable to another.
- blindside, verb. To hit or attack (someone) on the blind side (the noun blind side being a direction in which a person has a poor view, typically of approaching danger).
- canard, noun. An unfounded rumor or story.
- cosseted (or cossetted), adjective. Cared for and protected in an overindulgent way; pampered.
- currywurst, noun. A dish consisting of German sausage covered with a sauce of tomato ketchup mixed with curry powder.
- defenestrate, verb. To throw a person or thing out of a window; to swiftly dismiss or expel (from a political party or office).
- dining room, noun. The room in a house, hotel, etc., in which meals are eaten; a room used for formal dinners in a private institution and in some hotels and restaurants.
- disabuse, verb. (used with object) To free (a person) from deception or error.
- effete, adjective. Lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent; sterile; infertile.
- exenterate, verb (transitive). To disembowel; to eviscerate.
- facade (or façade) noun. The face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space; an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality.
- imprecatory, adjective. That which imprecates or invokes evil or a curse upon.
- -ism, noun (Suffix). A doctrine, theory, or religion; adherence to a system or a class of principles.
- locus classicus (Latin), or, classic location, noun. A passage considered to be the best known or most authoritative on a particular subject; in theology, often refers to a proof-text or authoritative reference for a certain doctrine.
- moonmilk, noun. A soft whitish deposit of carbonate minerals found on the walls of limestone caves as a floury powder or porous mass.
- opprobrium, noun. The disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach.
- otosis, noun. Mishearing; alteration of words caused by an erroneous apprehension of the sound.
- philipped (away), verb. To be removed, (from Philip the evangelist caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, Acts 8:39)
- polymath, noun. A person of great learning in several fields of study; also, polyhistor.
- previable, adjective. Not yet viable; (of a baby) not sufficiently developed sufficiently to survive outside the uterus.
- railipotent, adjective. Given to ranting, haranguing, or invective (formed from rail, verb; -i- connector; and potent, adjective).
- redound, verb. To become swollen, overflow; to have an effect for good or ill.
- reginal, adjective. Of or relating to a queen; queenly.
- regional, adjective. Relating to or characteristic of a region.
- renege, verb. (used without object) To go back on one’s word.
“Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein.” Caveat lector
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