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Deck C Flashcards

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cark

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to burden oneself with worries

Many cark themselves about the future, not me.

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meritorious

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worthy of praise

The meritorious conduct of the Ukrainian’s serves as reminder to all that Freedom is not Free.

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eschew

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do without

I must eschew chips.

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reprove

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to criticize and correct others

Like, when he reproved my short dress, I was totally crushed , like, you know.

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pique

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to trigger ones interest

The Lecture on Pyramid Power in Maui piqued my interest.

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crabbed

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crotchety and ill-humored

The crabbed old woman laughed when the dog bit me.

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rubiginous

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rusty

The rubiginous Japanese Zero rested on the bottom of Truk Lagoon.

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repetend

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a repeated word

The repetend “Nevermore” is instantly recognizable.

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forbearance

noun

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time alone

Give me forbearance.

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vouchsafed

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to granted an explanation

Jesus vouchsafed his divinity to only a few disciples.

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struthius

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ostrich like

The struthius handling by CNN of the Hunter laptop debacle is pathetic for a company that claims to be about the news.

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vanguard

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the leading edge of an army

The Russian vanguard encountered stiff resistance.

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obstreporous

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stubbornly defiant

Smollet, like OJ, remains obstreporous that he is innocent.

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fugacious

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fleeting tending to disappear

Youth and good looks are fugacious.

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fushion

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strength in Scottish

I have regained my fushion.

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layettes

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clothes and toiletries for newborns

In a rush to get his pregnant wife to the hospital , the husband forgot the layettes.

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verisimilitude

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authenticity

Putin’s rage gave verisimilitude that the invasion had not gone to plan.

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commonweal

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the common interest

At first, mandatory vaccination and masks seemed the commonweal. Now both have proven nugatory.

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nugatory

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worthless

Masks and current vaccines are nugatory.

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prorogue

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to delay or put off

He let his cowardice prorogue his decision to become a policeman.

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enmity

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mutual hatred

The enmity of Ukraine and Russia will prolong this war unnecessarily.

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libertine

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one leading a dissolute Life

Cleopatra! Keep the libertine entwined in your limbs.

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derogate

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to cause something to seem inferior

Do not derogate my achievements.

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imputation

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falsely blaming someone

Biden’s imputation of Putin for the USA inflation problem is bullshit.

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superannuation
becoming useless with age Superannuation is a modern problem where only youth is revered.
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inurement
resigned acceptance of mistreatment The inurement of the many to draconian vaccine mandates will doom many to long term health problems.
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gorgonize
to paralyze with fear The Mothman gorgonized the youths.
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delassation
weariness My delassation is always profound following Miami trips.
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thunder-plump
heavy rainfall during a thunderstorm The thunder-plump last night was thrilling and wild.
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digmix
a disagreeable chore Cleaning the pig sty was the ultimate digmix.
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metonymy
a figure of speech Mark Anthony used metonymy in “ countrymen lend me your ears”.
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pulchritude
physical beauty The pulchritude on Duval is distracting.
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maladroit
clumsy His maladroit handling of The Afghanistan Withdrawal put into question his ability to lead.
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delope
to fire ones dueling pistol into the air to signify the desire to cease hostilities Putin will never delope.
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jeremiad
a wailing of protestation against injustice The jeremiads of lesbians against the reversal of Roe v Wade is ironic.
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boodle
money obtained illicitly in politics Hunter will be stripped of his boodle.
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casuistry
clever but specious reasoning No one is falling for the Democratic casuistry that this is Putin’s fault.
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eudaemonia
happiness achieved by devotion to moral obligations Eudaemonia is an impetus for men to join the priesthood.
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priapic
concerning the phallus At first I thought his rushing off to her was simply a priapic imperative.
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tu quoque
tu =you quoque=also a retort accusing another of hypocritical actions Biden said to Putin, “You caused our inflation !” and he replied “ tu quoque.”
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revirescence
the act becoming young again In mice, mouse poop transplants causes revirescence. I think I will just die.
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xerosis
the aging of skin characterized by dryness and wrinkles Billions of dollars are spent be women trying to avoid xerosis.
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pacable
easily appeased Amy is far more pacable than myself.
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sessle
to move about restlessly Mom with her dementia is constantly sessle.
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summum bonum
the supreme or highest good Self-rule continues to tyrannize liberal ideologies, secure in its place as the summum bonum.
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defi
a challenge What cretin would hurl a defi at a desperate nuclear power?
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unshirted
undisguised My unshirted hatred towards liberalist agendas means I do not have a lot of friends in New Jersey…Thank God!
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maleferous
producing evil Stalin and Hitler are tied as the ne plus ultra maleferous villains of the 20th Century.
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invious
untrod, pristine The leaves along both roads in “The Road Not Taken” were both invious.
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hylogenesis
the origin of dark matter If it even exists, the hylogenesis of dark matter is enigmatic.
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ecbole eck buh lee
a digression and diversion in speech Faced with failure on all fronts , Biden launched into his standard ecbole of the problems of Maga.
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quizzically
amusingly curious Her liberal rant ongoing, he looked up quizzically at her.
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banausic
purely mechanical and uninspired He churned out his banausic art.
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quidnunc
a nosy busybody The quidnuncs across the street turned in Paul for lacking a permit to build the deck.
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litterateur
one well versed in literature I consider myself a litterateur.
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prospicience
the action of looking forward and anticipating a result Assimov’s prospicience about telecommunications satellites was 100% correct.
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cloven
split in two The cloven ice cream dessert satisfied the twins, who then ceased warring with one another.
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redivivus
come back to life The redivivus Frankenstein terrorized the peasantry.

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