Vocabulary Word Fic Prompts

This week's word is


ˈäb-fə-ˌskāt;


Verb
1. To make dark; overshadow
2. To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
3. (computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

Adjective
4. (obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

"The serpentine syntax of legal language is often used to obfuscate meaning and confuse those outside the law."

Definition this week comes from Word Hippo, a site I highly recommend. I heard someone mention it and upon checking it out I immediately added it to my shortcuts.

This week's word is


ris·​i·​ble ˈri-zə-bəl


From Merriam-Webster:

ADJECTIVE
1. Capable of laughing, disposed to laugh

2. Arousing or provoking laughter; especially laughable

3. Associated with, relating to, or used in laughter: risible muscles

ADVERB: Risibly

Note: Awhile back we had a word that I got from hearing William Shatner use it (atavistic). This time our word comes from David Tennant (I think it was in an interview I watched on YouTube).

This week's word is




[ˌklerˈvoiənt]


NOUN

a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact:
"She has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well."

ADJECTIVE
clairvoyant (adjective)
having or exhibiting an ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact:
"He didn't tell me about it and I'm not clairvoyant."

ORIGIN
late 17th century (in the sense ‘clear-sighted, perceptive’): from French, from clair ‘clear’ + voyant ‘seeing’ (from voir ‘to see’). The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

This week's word is


[ˈpôsədē]

NOUN
The presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity:
"A paucity of information."

This week's word is


[ˌsimbīˈädik, ˌsimbēˈädik]


ADJECTIVE
Involving interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association:
"The fungi form symbiotic associations with the roots of plant species."

Denoting a mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups:
"The reader can have a symbiotic relationship with the writer."

This week's word is


[dīˈkädəmē]


NOUN
A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different:
"A rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism"


SIMILAR:
division
separation
divorce
split
gulf
chasm
difference

This week's word is




lon·​ga·​nim·​i·​ty ˌlȯŋ-gə-ˈni-mə-tē

noun
A disposition to bear injuries patiently: forbearance.


Longanimity is a word with a long history. It came to English in the 15th century from the Late Latin adjective longanimis, meaning "patient" or "long-suffering." Longanimis, in turn, derives from the Latin combination of longus ("long") and animus ("soul"). Longus is related to English's long and is itself an ancestor to several other English words, including longevity ("long life"), elongate ("to make longer"), and prolong ("to lengthen in time"). Now used somewhat infrequently in English, longanimity stresses the character of one who, like the figure of Job in the Bible, endures prolonged suffering with extreme patience.

From Dictionary.com:

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English longanimyte, from Late Latin longanimitās “patience,” equivalent to longanimi(s) “patient” (long(us) long1 + anim(us) “spirit” + -is adjective suffix) + -tās -ty2

This week's word is


[ôˈdāSHəs]


ADJECTIVE

1. Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks: "A series of audacious takeovers."

2. Showing an impudent lack of respect: "An audacious remark."

This week's word is


[ˈperəˌɡän]


NOUN

1. A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality: "it would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel viciously jealous."

2. A person or thing viewed as a model of excellence: "your cook is a paragon."

3. A perfect diamond of 100 carats or more.

This week's word is




/pɪˈdænt·ɪk/



adjective
Caring too much about unimportant rules or details and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject.

"Professor Harris had a narrow, pedantic approach to history that put us to sleep."

Someone who's too concerned with literal accuracy or formality. It's a negative term that implies someone is showing off book learning or trivia, especially in a tiresome way. You don't want to go antique-shopping with a pedantic friend, who will use the opportunity to bore you with his in-depth knowledge of 18th-century porcelain kitty-litter boxes.


(From Cambridge Dictionary and Dictionary.com)