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abbatoir

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slaughterhouse

The Jews were led to the abattoir.

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bandinage

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light banter

The bandinage of couples in love filled the Little Italian Restaurant.

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cacoethes

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an uncontrollable desire

The little boy’s cacoethes caused him to spend his last shiny quarter on the sweet.

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ebberman

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a person who fishes under or on a bridge

Ebbermen love the Bow Channel Bridge.

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factotum

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a jack of all trades

Tim Cox is a factotum.

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gable

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the triangular wall at the ends of houses with vee shaped roofs

Ann lives there in the green gabled house.

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hamble

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to mutilate and cripple

CRT is hambling our youth.

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aberrant

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differing from the norm

Unfortunately, the fractious behavior of blacks is not aberrant but typical.

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banal

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lacking originality

The banal Democratic messaging will cost them this election.

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cadre

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a core group of people

Putin is surrounded by a cadre of sycophants.

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ebriection

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mental collapse following binge drinking

Fraternities must avoid the ebriection of its pledges or face legal consequences.

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fain

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happily

I would fain assist you in that task, but I am leaving tomorrow.

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gadabout

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one only interested in having fun

He is such a gadabout that he will never graduate from High School.

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Hesperus

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the Greek god of Venus as the evening star

Hesperus is in the west today.

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imprecation

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a curse

He muttered the imprecation to himself as Biden passed.

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ab initio

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from the beginning

I will restart my weight loss program ab initio.

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banausic

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uninspired or ordinary

The banausic Beckman offices remind one of the 1960’s.

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beleaguered

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hemmed in by an enemy

The beleaguered Russian troops in the Donbas region surrendered today.

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caeteris paribus

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adverb= if all relevant things remain the same

Caeteris Paribus with respect to the Russo-Ukraine war, Russia will eventually win.

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ebullient

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wildly enthusiastic

In the beginning, I was ebullient about Pepex. Now I am apathetic about it.

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fallible

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capable of screwing up

Biden is multifariously fallible.

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galliard

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happy and lively

Depression has destroyed his usual galliard mood.

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heugh

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a steep sided valley = scottish

The heugh of Yosemite is spectacular.

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inamorata

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a female lover

He kept his inamorata in a penthouse Downtown.

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abominate
to loathe I abominate liberal policies and politicians.
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beatific
radiant The children’s smiles were beatific.
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callow
lacking in adult experience The callow recruits of Flanders quickly became mentally tortured men.
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ecclisiolatry
excessive worship of church and their teachings Amy’s religious enthusiasm borders on ecclisiolatry.
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fanfaronade
boasting Ali was the greatest, not only at boxing but fanfaronade.
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gamine gam mean
a tom boy of a girl The gamine Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird is the narrator.
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barcarolle
a gondolier song Floating down The Grand Canal we were serenaded with a barcarolle.
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sempiternal
everlasting Our love is sempiternal.
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tombola
a crank handled ball cage filled with lottery numbers The tombola spit out the winning number.
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andynaton
an impossible figure of speech “When pigs fly.” is an adynaton.
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phrontistery
a secluded thinking place I heard a sneeze from the phrontistery of the Graduate Stacks, and new Niles was there.
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ex nihilo
out of nothing It seems the Universe arose ex nihilo.
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accession
adding something to ones prestige, an acquisition The Museum’s accession of the King Tut exhibit this year is a huge coup for the Trustees.
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belletrism
the writing of belles lettres The belletrism of letters from the 19th Century places shame upon the text messages of today.
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calumny
slander They heaped calumny about my feet.
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ecdemic
a disease whose origin is from afar CoVid is ecdemic and is from a Chinese Biolab.
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fantod
being nervous He had the flying fantods about his interview tomorrow.
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fanion
small red surveying flags The fanions waved in the field where the new road was planned.
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gardyloo
a warning shout by a person about to empty a chamber pot from the second floor Unfortunately he ignored the gardyloo.
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sitzfleisch
the power to endure I had the sitzfleisch to swim 6 miles per day for 15 years.
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burgher
a wealthy bourgeoisie citizen of a European town Burghers of the Keys are called Conchs.
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stemwinder
a rousing speech The Best Man at the wedding gave a real stemwinder.
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acerbic
bitingly ironic WFB was always acerbic in the Yale Gazette.
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acidulous
harsh Calling her a “fat cow” was a bit too acidulous for a Thanksgiving get together.
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beneficence
an act of kindness The food bank is a beneficence.
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canard
a groundless rumor The North Korean Cease Fire that excited the 4077th was a canard.
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ecdysiast
a stripper “Class… tomorrow we will be entertained by a Transvestite ecdysiast. Isn’t that wonderful?”
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farcical
laughably inept Farcical Biden, wandering aimlessly around the stage, wondered where the Easter Bunny went.
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garrulity
the habit of talking too much I find Hannity’s garrulity, and talking over his guests, irritating.
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converzasione
a meeting to discuss literature or the arts I will jump into boiling oil before entering a converzasione of Oprah’s Tendentious Book Club, where Tony Morrison is esteemed over Tolstoy.
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exigency
a situation requiring urgent attention The exigency of Peace Negotiations in the current RussoUkraine War, has never been more urgent than now.
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maunder
to ramble on in one’s speech Biden just slobberingly maunders into the mic. Wow what a great President you liberals elected. Good work!
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vulpine
fox like Iago’s vulpine guile fooled Othello.
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acumen
keenness of perception His acumen that their marriage was in trouble was correct.
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Benthamite
one who believes morality is determined by utility Benthamite’s believe in euthanasia.
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candor
directness of expression Democrats lack candor and verisimilitude.
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eclaircise
to clarify Trump needs to eclaircise his intentions about 2024.
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farctate
stuffed full of something Norman Bates office was farctate with stuffed dead animals…yikes!!
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gelastic
relating to laughter With less stress, I have rediscovered my gelastic nature.
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autoptic
to personally witnessed with ones own eyes I have never had an autoptic UFO experience.
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operose
involving much industry and effort The operose effort for Noem Arabia will be incredible.
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georgic
pastoral The home had a georgic feel with a horse and buggy in the garage.
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apercu
an illuminating comment Orwell’s apercu that the further society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it, is very true.
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anaphora
repetitive phrase in a speech “I have a dream” is the classic anaphora.
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lissome
thin and graceful The lissome ballerina enraptured the audience.

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