[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] FW: Vocabulary for While Justice Sleeps

[John Halverson]

Hello,

Thank you Carl.

Carl has most graciously developed a vocabulary list for our book While Justice Sleeps. See below.

I will  send discussion questions later today.

John
From: Carl Knoettner <carl_knoettner at verizon.net>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 8:55 PM
To: jwh100 at outlook.com
Subject: Vocabulary for While Justice Sleeps

Vocabulary for While Justice Sleeps
Chapter ONE
p 3 eviscerating - disemboweling
p 4 sycophants - a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage
p 6 whelp - like a whelp in diapers
p 7 putrescence - the state of being putrid
p 9 perfidy - disloyalty
Chapter TWO
P 20 epistasis - suppression of the effect of a gene by an alternative form of the gene
Chapter FIVE
P 40 rubric - an authoritative rule
p 40 abrading - rubbing or wearing away especially by friction
Chapter SEVEN
P 53 hubris - exaggerated pride or self-confidence
p 53 venal - capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration
p 57 Vizier - leader
Chapter FOURTEEN
P 99 cosseted - pampered
Chapter SEVENTEEN
P 124 haplogroups - a combination of closely linked groups
Chapter TWENTY-THREE
p 161 VGC - a personal or professional reference
Chapter TWENTY-FOUR
p 167 Ani - Indian name
p 168 Jonas Salk - discovered vaccine for polio
p 172 eidetic - marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual images
Chapter TWENTY-SIX
p 186 Boursin's syndrome - a neurological disorder
Chapter TWENTY-NINE
p 206 SAT phone - a satellite phone
Chapter THIRTY-ONE
P 213 weft and weave- fabric
p 216 assuage - lessen the intensity of
Chapter THIRTY-TWO
P 221 opprobrium - contempt
Chapter THIRTY-THREE
p 234 desiccant - a drying agent
Chapter THIRTY-FIVE
p 242 harridan - shrew
p 247 LUD - structural problems?
Chapter FORTY
p 271 expiated - put an end to
Chapter FORTY-ONE
p 278 tranches - issues of bonds
Chapter FORTY-FOUR
p 297 restively - impatiently
p 302 Francois-Marie Arouet - Voltaire
Chapter FORTY-FIVE
p 304 I could resign him from the court - resign is transitive?
Chapter FORTY-SIX
p 310 perp walk - an instance of a person in police custody being led into a police station, courthouse, etc. in such a way as to enable the media to publicize the event
p 311 B-roll for the news cameras
Chapter FORTY-SEVEN
p 318 sotto voce - in a quiet voice, as if not to be overheard
p 319 diatribe - bitter speech
Chapter FIFTY
p 334 hubris - exaggerated pride or self-confidence
Chapter FIFTY-ONE
p 343 vitiate - debase
p 345 riposte - retaliation

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