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nescience

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lack of knowledge or awareness

The nescience of the Biden administration to the needs of the people borders on criminality.

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lurid

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gruesome

The lurid scenes at Auschwitz can never be forgotten, or they will be repeated.

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pellucid

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easy to understand as it is clearly explained

Quantum Theory is notoriously NOT pellucid.

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venial

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forgivable

Eating a Philly steak on Friday during Lent is a venial sin.

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parisology

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Politicians are fond of parisology to obfuscate there true intentions and to sound intelligent.

the use of ambiguous language

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faux

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Sadly the aging starlet wore a faux pearl necklace.

fake

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fugacious

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fleeting

Fame and beauty are fugacious. Only God’s love is eternal.

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ebrillade

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Katy continually had to ebrillade the disobedient Classy.

the checking and correcting of a horse with a tug on the rein

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charientism

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a veiled insult

Thanks for the book. I shall lose no time in reading it.

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obduracy

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The obduracy of the Biden administration towards reopening our own sources of oil has caused this catastrophe.

the state of being hard or resistant

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sagacity

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Despite his youth, Travis’ sagacity has always amazed me.

wisdom

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dissolute

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Jessie Pinkman led a dissolute life.

ch. by living a wasteful life

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puerile

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The singer’s puerile antics while on stage repulsed her audience causing an exodus from the concert.

childish

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grouse

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Wendy continues to grouse about how hard it is for her to take care of Mom. I therefore will continue to take care of her myself.

to complain

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jejune

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The Green New Deal is jejune and puerile.

empty or incompletely formed

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blandishments

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Most Hollywood Stars are blinded by the blandishments of their fans.

toady compliments to curry favor

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henotic

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Biden was supposed to be henotic, however we have never been more separated than now.

unifying

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soi-disant

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Biden is the soi-disant “Great Unifier” of this country…what a farce.

so called, pretending to be

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aristarch

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a severe critic, Aristarchus criticized Homer

I am an aristarch of Global Warming.

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ambit

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the scope or range of something

The ambit of the Ukraine invasion on the world is yet to be seen.

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munificently

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Mom munificently gave to Animal Charities.

generously, lavishly

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estop

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prohibit, put an end to

I will estop the prodigality.

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winnow

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to separate and obtain the best

Over a period of four years, the University of Michigan winnowed the class of 5000 premeds down to 30 bloodied survivors.

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obstreperous

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stubborn, noisy, resistant

The obstreperous two year old was hastily removed from the Chinese Restaurant.

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gadarene | adj.
moving in a rushed and uncontrolled fashion The gadarene MIG smashed into the mountain.
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gainsay
to deny or dispute Hunter made no attempt to gainsay his ownership of the lewd laptop.
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clype
to inform against Epstein was going to clype Bill Clinton.
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calvary
an experience of intense mental suffering Jerusalem was the site of Jesus’ calvary.
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toothsome
abundant, pleasant We are living off of Dad’s toothsome legacy.
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implacable
not able to be appeased or mitigated The implacable cacophony of Rap music filled our car.
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acerbically
bitingly sarcastic The devil said acerbically, “You know until the reversal of Roe v Wade we had a pretty good run.”
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vapid
lacking intellectual curiosity or intelligence If you listen closely to Biden, you can here that single, remaining marble rattling around in his vapid skull.
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lumerpa
a mythical Asian bird that shines so brightly it absorbs its own shadow The lumerpa of 1000 chandeliers blindingly lit the ballroom.
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culled
gathered or collected Facebook secretly culled billions of users personal data for the NSA.
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solecism
a breach of etiquette or good manners Jerry Seinfeld’s nose-picking solecism cost him a bellibone.
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praxis
the practical application of theory The praxis of solely using non-fossil fuels is nowhere near ready.
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podiacide
the metaphorical act of shooting oneself in the foot, ie a stupid act The Biden Administration’s podiacide of shutting down all the oil pipelines will plunge us into another Depression.
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impassible
not capable of feeling emotion or suffering These impassible mass murderers need to be drawn and quartered.
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lethologica
the inability to remember a certain name or word I have always struggled with lethologica.
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foursquare
firm or resolute The school board is foursquare in their idiocy to teach sex to third graders.
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assoil
to absolve from sin Only in the Confessional can one be truly assoiled.
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reify
conversion of the abstract into the concrete I must reify my positional advantage now.
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internecine
mutually destructive The internecine Battle of Austerlitz nearly destroyed both the Russians and the French.
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abrogate
to rescind by official decree The Ukraine-Russia nonaggression pact was abrogated when Russia invaded the Donbas Region.
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besotted
utterly infatuated, or stuporous with drink He is besotted with Natalie Portman.
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meshuga
crazy I will be meshuga shortly.
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seigneurial
ch. by authority and advanced rank She could not refuse his seigneurial demands.
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impertinent
insolently rude 13% of the US is impertinent.
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insolently
insultingly She answered her husband insolently.
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tumultuous
causing a ruckus or problems Iris was tumultuous.
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Sapphists
lesbians Come Niles stop chasing these two Sapphists
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quicksilver
mercurial, quickly changeable Leo was quicksilver.
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atelier
a workshop for an artist He splashed and blew paint bubbles in his atelier.
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inveigled
tricked into doing something wrong He inveigled his roommate to lie of his whereabouts that fateful evening.
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incurious
They were mutually incurious and mutually superfluous.
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bearded
The hero bearded the recreant. to oppose or challenge someone boldly
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vitrine
a glass cabinet to display china etc The vitrine crashed onto the floor, splinters of glass flying.
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spleen
anger, loathing He was full of spleen.
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tittup tid-epp
move with jerky and exaggerated movements The models walked tittup down the catwalk.
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feriation
a holiday from work Everyone is taking feriation nowadays.
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ambisinister
clumsy with both hands Buckberg was ambisinister.
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philter
a love potion I have not had a date in a year and need a philter.
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fustian
pretentious Frasier is fustian.
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feckless
irresponsible, rudderless He was a feckless child.
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simulacrum
an insubstantial form He was a stale simulacrum of his old self.
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cabal
a scheming or plot There was something between Chrissy and Mom, a new cabal.
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sui generis
in a class by itself The movie , 2001 was sui generis.
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ukase
Biden is issuing his ukase on Roe v Wade. an emperors dictatorial ruling
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unconscionable
shockingly unfair, without conscience My treatment in Grand Junction was unconscionable.
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mulish
stubborn Lele is a mulish liberal. Liberalism and Biden are destroying innocent people’s and future children’s lives.
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inconnu
an unknown person or thing I like being an inconnu.
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lachrymose
characterized by profuse crying I will not watch another lachrymose chick flick.
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laconic
sparing in words Father Baker’s Homilies are becoming more laconic than before.
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anarchic
tending towards lawlessness The anarchic Chicago is a veritable war-zone.
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oligopoly
control of a market sector by a few large companies Apple and Microsoft form an oligopoly in personal computing.
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maleficence noun
acting in an evil manner China’s maleficence towards the US should give us pause when currying their favor in trade relations.
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temerity
unexpected boldness The Teacher’s temerity in charging into the Shooter’s fusillade saved her class from certain death.
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bromides
trite sayings or cliches Kamala Harris loves to repeatedly speak in bromides.
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pneumatology
the study of ghosts He majored in drinking and pneumatology.
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grimoire
a book of magic from the 18th Century The Bishop threw the grimoire into the fire. “You should not dabble in these evil things!“ he shouted.
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eudaemonia
happiness from a lifetime of fulfilling moral obligations Eudaemonia is one benefit of being a Priest.
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tort-feasor
one who is guilty of a wrongful act The tort-feasor is not only the shooter, but the unresponsive policeman.
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coadjutor
an assistant Igor, Marty Feldman, is the humped coadjutor of Dr. Frankenstein.
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sinecure
an inflated job requiring little work He was awarded the sinecure, not unexpectedly, por lecher le cul.
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factotum
a jack of all trades I keep Tim Cox on because he is a factotum.
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caliginous
misty and dark and obscure | In the caliginous hall, one beheld floating candelabras.
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flaneur
one who rambles aimlessly Mom walks three times a day, and is the quintessential flaneur.

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