Zi Flashcards
durance
imprisonment
He was released from durance vile.
ignominy
IG noh minny
public disgrace
I retired from Medicine in ignominy.
escutcheon
the decorative and functional plate around a pipe’s emergence from a wall
The escutcheon kept the dry wall dust from entering the house.
indolence
habitual laziness
Why are teenagers so often creatures of indolence?
lodestar
the guiding light
In its nascence, I was the lodestar of Pepex.
wanderlust
an innate desire to travel far from home
Throughout my life I have always had wanderlust.
leitmotif
Beethoven’s Fifth four note leitmotif is immediately recognizable.
iconoclast
one who actively destroys cherished beliefs
Trump is a governmental iconoclast.
sententious
excessively moralizing and preachy
Oftentimes I find the TV Series Yellowstone overly sententious.
paregmenon
the juxtaposition of words with a common root
Jane Austen’s book title “Sense and Sensibility “ is a classic example of a paregmenon.
volitionless
the lack of will to do anything
After her husband’s death she became volitionless.
garrulity
excessive talkativeness
Interrupting her garrulity he screamed “please shut the fuck up”…and mirabile dictu …she did.
hobbledehoy
an awkward clumsy youth
Henry was a hobbledehoy.
provincial
simple and unsophisticated in manner
Henry was a provincial hobbledehoy.
