The Bad Influence Speaks

7.20 Word of the Week: Pastiche

Noun

Pronounced: pas TEESH

Definition: a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work

               a musical, literary, or artistic composition consisting of selections from various works

               a hodgepodge

               an incongruous combination of different styles

His paper was a pastiche of made up facts, bad statistics, and undocumented sources.

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7.13 Word of the Week: Apogee

Noun

Pronunciation: AP uh jee

Definition: the point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth

                the farthest or highest point

                 culmination

She was dressed in the apogee of fashion.

I now have Bedknobs and Broomsticks songs stuck in my head from this word.  It is part of the spell Eglantine Price used to turn people into rabbits: Filigree apogee pedigree perigee. You wouldn't think I would remember that after more than 20 years. 

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7.6 Word of the Week: Verdant

Adjective

Pronunciation: VUR dnt

Definition: green with vegetation; covered with green growth

              lacking experience or sophistication; naive

The verdant meadow was the perfect spot for a spring picnic.

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6.29 Word of the Week: Encomium

Noun

Pronunciation: en KOH mee uhm

Definition: an often formal expression of praise

He paused to heap his partner with generous encomium.

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6.22 Word of the Week: Tutelary

Pronunciation:  TOO tuh lair ee

Definition:  Having the guardianship of charge of protecting a person or a thing

                Guardian

Though unexpected, Shauna used caution in regard to her tutelary powers of her sister, Elsa.

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6.15 Word of the Week: Immure

Verb

Pronounced:  ih-MYUR

Definition: To enclose within walls, to imprison; to shut up;

               To build into a wall

               To entomb in a wall

Immured within her own defenses, Marsha could ignore the slights thrown at her by her angry ex-husband.

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6.8 Word of the Week: Espy

Pronounced ih-SPY

Definition: To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to see at a glance

I espied one last chocolate tart on the dessert table.

I espy with my little eye.....(which I've had stuck in my head since I heard the word).

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6.1 Word of the Week

quiddity

Pronounced: KWID ih tee

Meaning: 1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity of a thing.

             2. A hairsplitting distinction; a trifling point; a quibble

             3. An eccentricity; an odd feature

I always appreciated the fact that he never made mention of the quirks, or quiddities, of my nature.

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