The chaos

kirsten E. (Canada)
Vocab from the poem the chaos by Gerard nolst trenité
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  1. doctrine
    a belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school
    Doctrine, turpentine, marine.
  2. latter
    the second of two or the second mentioned of two
    (Mind the latter how it's written).
  3. timber
    the wood of trees prepared for use as building material
    Timber, climber, bullion, lion,
  4. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
    Pious, impious, limb, climb, glumly,
  5. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
    Gives moss, gross, brook, brooch, ninth, plinth.
  6. bough
    any of the larger branches of a tree
    Though, through, bough, cough, hough, sough, tough??
  7. query
    an instance of questioning
    Hero, heron, query, very,
  8. wholly
    to the full or entire extent
    Wholly, holly, signal, signing,
  9. vague
    lacking clarity or distinctness
    With such words as vague and ague,
  10. corps
    an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions
    Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse.
  11. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
    Real, zeal, mauve, gauze and gauge,
  12. buoyant
    tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
    Buoyant, minute, but minute.
  13. quay
    wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
    Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, key, quay!
  14. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
    How pallid,
  15. artisan
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
    Wan, sedan and artisan.
  16. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
    This phonetic labyrinth
  17. parry
    impede the movement of
    Parry, tarry fury, bury,
  18. revered
    profoundly honored
    To pronounce revered and severed,
  19. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
    Say aver, but ever, fever,
  20. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
    Relic, rhetoric, hygienic.
  21. verge
    the limit beyond which something happens or changes
    Bass, large, target, gin, give, verging,
  22. indict
    accuse formally of a crime
    Housewife, verdict and indict.
  23. sever
    set or keep apart
    To pronounce revered and severed,
  24. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
    Acquiesce, and obsequies.
  25. envelop
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    You'll envelop lists, I hope,
  26. privy
    informed about something secret or not generally known
    Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
  27. psyche
    that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
    Pronunciation-think of Psyche!-
  28. tarry
    leave slowly and hesitantly
    Parry, tarry fury, bury,
  29. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
    Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.
  30. phonetic
    using symbols to represent each speech sound
    This phonetic labyrinth
  31. skein
    coils of worsted yarn
    Neither, leisure, skein, receiver.
  32. inveigh
    complain bitterly
    Say inveigh, neigh, but inveigle,
  33. geyser
    a spring that discharges hot water and steam
    Please don't monkey with the geyser,
  34. lien
    the right to take and hold the property of a debtor
    Lien, psychic, shone, bone, pshaw.
  35. ribald
    humorously vulgar
    Ribald
  36. paramour
    a lover, especially a secret or illicit one
    Paramour, enamoured, flighty,
  37. truism
    an obvious statement of fact
    Puisne, truism, use, to use?
  38. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
    Say inveigh, neigh, but inveigle,
  39. shirk
    avoid one's assigned duties
    Rhyme with "shirk it" and "beyond it",
  40. coy
    affectedly shy especially in a playful or provocative way
    No, my maiden, coy and comely,
  41. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
    Missiles, similes, reviles.
  42. cornice
    the topmost projecting part of an entablature
    Cornice, nice, valise, revise,
  43. brooch
    a decorative pin
    Gives moss, gross, brook, brooch, ninth, plinth.
  44. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
    To abjure, to perjure.
  45. bullion
    a mass of precious metal
    Timber, climber, bullion, lion,
  46. granary
    a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
    Starry, granary, canary,
  47. lichen
    a plant occurring in crusty patches on tree trunks or rocks
    Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel.
  48. phlegm
    saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages
    Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.
  49. heifer
    young cow
    Feoffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
  50. trickery
    the use of cunning actions to deceive someone
    Say, expecting fraud and trickery:
  51. rapier
    a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
    Say rapier, pier,
  52. conduit
    a passage through which water or electric wires can pass
    Circuit, conduit
  53. parquet
    a floor made of a patterned wood inlay
    Banquet is not nearly parquet,
  54. ricochet
    spring back; spring away from an impact
    Ricocheted and crocheting, croquet?
  55. zephyr
    a slight wind
    Feoffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
  56. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
    Piquet rhymes with sobriquet.
  57. paean
    a hymn of praise
    Phaeton, paean, gnat, ghat, gnaw,
  58. eyrie
    the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
    Crevice, but device, and eyrie,
  59. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
    If I mentioned paradigm?
  60. piebald
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
    Rhymes (but piebald doesn't) with nibbled.
  61. tortious
    of or pertaining to a wrong committed against another
    Rhyming well with cautious, tortious,
  62. abscission
    the act of cutting something off
    Say abscission with precision,
Created on Sat Jun 08 11:25:24 EDT 2013

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