“The current, swift here as the river made its way towards the roar of the weir below Hambleden Mill, was a treacherous trap for the unwary or overconfident.”
1. Weir
: a dam in a stream or river to raise the water level or divert its flow
: a fence or enclosure set in a waterway for taking fish
“And if it meant leaving the Met, she would leave, but she would not be fobbed off quietly with a token gold watch and more hollow promises.”
2. Fob off
: to put (someone) off by deception or trickery
: to cheat someone by substituting something spurious or inferior; palm off
"She had grown up to be a snob, it was true. But she was only protecting what she thought was important. She had been officious even as a child."
1. Officious
: objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome
“If Amber had been rubbing their hands together and muttering how ‘umble she was, she could not have been more obsequious.”
2. Obsequious
: characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
" And on and on it went, this sycophantic barrage."
3. Sycophant
: A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; a fawning parasite
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Interesting words! "Fob off" sounds more like something rude you say to someone to get them to leave you alone! lol! Thanks for sharing. My words are here.
ReplyDeleteI knew a couple of those words, but most are new to me. I love fob off! Are you enjoying No Mark Upon Her? I just got it yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your WWW. Officious is a great word!
ReplyDeleteJULIE:
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought fob off meant so the sentence confused me!
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BERMUDAONION:
ReplyDeleteSom,e of these words were familiar to me but my memory failed me and I couldn't remember what they meant so I looked them up! Fob off is my favorit!
I just finished No Mark Upon Her and I loved it! I don't read series generally but I'm going to read this one. I love the main character detectives, Duncan and Gemma. I also think the author did a terrific job writing the investigation, it's intense, suspenseful and really interesting.
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SUKO:
ReplyDeleteHi! Thank you!
I like Officious a lot but, for some reason, it doesn't stick in my head!
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Good words this week. I thought weir was interesting. From the context I was guessing waterfall or something like that. Nice to be surprised and learn something new.
ReplyDeleteThese are great words, and even though I only knew a few of these. Thanks for sharing them!
ReplyDeleteI knew all your words this week! I guess they must be more common in Australia. Weir and fob off, are in reasonably common usage here. We would take fob off to mean the palm off usage- it isn't really associated with deception in my mind. Just lack of interest.
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