UNUSUAL WORDS CXXIX

Can you give a simple definition of these less-frequently-used words? 

1. ASPIC 

2. BINDI

3. PRECIS

4. PROLIX

5. ENTERIC 

6. GRAUPEL

7. PUTATIVE 

8. PRURIENT

9. PURULENT 

10. ANSERINE 

11. PHAROLOGY

12. CHARTREUSE 

 

Answers:

 

1. ASPIC -  A clear jelly made form meat or vegetable stock and gelatin used to encase or mold ingredients like meat, fish, or vegetables - served chilled 

 

2. BINDI - A decorative mark worn on the forehead between the eyebrows by Hindu and Buddhist women in South Asia to signify marriage, religious devotion, or the "third eye" 

 

3. PRECIS (pray' see) - A summary or abstract of a text

 

4. PROLIX - (adjective) Of speech or writing that is tediously long, drawn-out, and boring / using an excess of words and details

 

5. ENTERIC - relating to or occurring in the intestines

 

6. GRAUPEL - Soft hail or squishy snow pellets 

 

7. PUTATIVE - Generally believed, assumed, or alleged to be true - but without formal proof

 

8. PRURIENT - Expressing an excessive interest in intimate sexual matters / lewd

 

9. PURULENT - Containing pus - as a wound or infection

 

10. ANSERINE - Relating to geese, silly or foolish

 

11. PHAROLOGY - The scientific study of lighthouses and signal lights - their construction, illumination, and history - as in aids to navigation

 

12. CHARTREUSE - A bright yellow-green color