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adamantine

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unyielding

The Ukrainian resistance is adamantine.

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bereft

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deprived

The children are bereft of a good education. Instead they are subjected to CRT and disgusting Transvestism.

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adduces

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to offer as a reason

Rooney adduces my mistreatment in Grand Junction as responsible for my PTSD.

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bestirred

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to rouse into action

The valedictory bestirred the faculty.

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canon

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a rule accepted as true
The canon in Quantum Mechanics is that Hermitian Operators are observables.

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ecbole

ek bow lee

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an digression in speech to obfuscate

Biden often resorts to ecbole to cover his and his son’s multitude of sins.

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facade

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a deceptive appearance

FTX is a façade for laundering money from the Ukraine back to Democrats.

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gaucheness

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crude social behavior
Arthur Shelby’s gaucheness disallowed his attendance at the Churchill meeting.

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ad hominem

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marked by attacks on character rather than issues

Fuck US politicians and their internecine ad hominem attacks.

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ad libitum

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in accordance with ones wishes

Ad libitum he was cremated.

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bombast

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inflated and pretentious speech
I no longer will listen to or care about any US politician and their bombast.

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booboisie

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the ignorant class
Paradoxically it is the politicians who are the booboisie.

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cant

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trite and not-thought-out ideas

I will no longer waste my time with your political cant.

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capricious

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given to impulsive actions

His capricious behavior cost him his job.

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educe

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to solve a problem through reasoning
Einstein educed The Theory of Relativity sitting in a patent office.

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factitious

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contrived , made up
“The dog ate my homework.” is factitious.

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gelid

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icy
The Polar Bear Club plunged into the gelid East River.

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germane

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relevant to the subject
Your argument is not germane to the topic at hand.

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doughty

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brave and persistent

The doughty sloop tried to round the Horn a third time.

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atemporal

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existing outside of time
I love Math because it is atemporal and artistic.

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meed

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a deserved reward
In 2020, Penrose finally received his meed and won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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welkin

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the sky or heaven
The welkin that night was sprent with a million scintillating stars.

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howbeit

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however
I have never been to Russia, howbeit, I know much of their tumultuous history.

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affected
verb

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to pretend

She affected she was royalty, when in reality she was a prostitute.

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afflatus
divine inspiration He was living on the streets until his afflatus.
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bugbear
an object of irritation My bugbear is the rigged elections in US politics.
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buncombe
insincere talk I no longer subscribe to the buncombe of any media in the USA or politician.
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cartelization
the cornering of a commodity by a few to control prices The cartelization of oil by the Arabs will never stop until they run out.
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ineffable
unable to be expressed My joy is ineffable.
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farouche
wild and ferocious Tarzan was a farouche child.
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rescipiscence
repentance with a wish to do better My rescipiscence was obvious to the priest.
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amalgam
a mixture or blend, usually of metals A Pain Killer is an amalgam of rums.
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agnosticism
the philosophy that true reality is unknowable Agnosticism prevails to the detriment of peoples souls.
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albescent
shining out glaringly The ftx scandal is albescent in pointing out the need to audit Ukrainian funding.
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bumptious
arrogant and overly self assertive Sebastian Gorka is a bumptious idiot.
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Carthaginian
characterized by total destruction, as Rome did to Carthage in 165BC What St. Mary’s and the FBI did to my life was Carthaginian.
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Carthusian
characterized by the uttermost austerity of Carthusian monks Unless you are Carthusian, you pay taxes.
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danseur
a male ballet dancer and showman Nureyev was the premier Russian danseur of the 1980’s.
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efflorescence
the peak of perfection The Bugatti Veryon is the efflorescence of the automobile.
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fascinorous
rampantly evil in deed and thought MS13 is a fascinorous gang.
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geniculate
severely bent The geniculate 80year old could barely walk.
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lacertilian
lizard like I shoot all lacertilian aliens on my property.
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animadvert
to criticize Though Conservatives animadvert the passionate corrupt Democrats , the Republicans are even more feckless and castrated than them.
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animus
ill will and hatred My animus for US politics is at an all time high.
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catechetical
severe questioning to inculcate a doctrine Despite the catechetical press , Biden continues to lie about his accomplishments.
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decoct
to “boil out” the essence of something We must decoct Biden’s recent buncombe.
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effluvium
an unpleasant vapor or mist The polluted Grand Canal in Venice created an effluvium that drove everyone indoors.
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fatidic
prophetic The women gypsies were fatidic.
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genteel
well bred, aristocratic Though wealthy as Croesus, bug-eyed Bezos is hardly genteel.
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dromedary
a one humped camel Bactrian camels are less aggressive than Dromedaries.
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collogue verb ka loge
to speak confidentially or conspiratorily The Mean Girls at High School collogued the Newbie’s demise.
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phlegmatic
unemotional and calm Mom’s mean behavior destroyed my normal phlegmatic nature.
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zelig
a person who can change his behavior to fit in I unfortunately am not a zelig.
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redoubtable
formidable Kate is redoubtable woman.
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sundry
various , assorted I must attend to sundry matters at this time.
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aggrieved
troubled or distressed I am aggrieved by the news.
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portentous
solemn and serious Why are undertakers such humorists, they should be more portentous.
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tenebrous
dark and gloomy The vultures tenebrous shadows reeled over the Rough Beast of the Desert.
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easement
an acre of land With one hand she beat an easement through the brush.
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allurement
something that entices A definite allurement for a CoVid vaccine was that free Dunkin’ Doughnut.
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ambient
surrounding on all sides The ambient Hurricane surge has those that stayed in their homes panicking.
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burden
central theme The burden of the NY Times article is that all Republicans are Nazi’s…what a bunch of f*** idiots.
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burin
an engraver’s sharp pointed tool for etching That mistake was a burin to his psyche.
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caterwauling
screeching All the Liberals are caterwauling about Musk and Twitter… my goodness isn’t it so much fun to watch their misery.
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Catonically
of Marcus Cato, the Roman Statesman who repeatedly warned about the threat of Hannibal and Carthage in 139BC I Catonically warned people about the Covid Vaccine’s danger.
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effrontery
upsetting behavior I am sorry. It is an effrontery to have Transvestites and sexual innuendo in any K-12 classroom. It is a time to learn about Calculus not “cocks or cunts”.
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Faustian
selling ones soul to the devil, evil In continuing to support Ukraine, rather than forcing a peace, we have made a Faustian bargain. Remember the “Little Blue Dot”.
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glabrous
bald Aeschylus, the Father if Greek Tragedy, had his glaborous head hit by a aquiline bomb… a dropped tortoise…talk about knowing when its your time…
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anent
concerning or about “I will say a few words anent my laptop., said Hunted Biden.
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agelast Adge il last
unlaughing and mirthless I have noticed how agelast and solemnly determined Michael is.
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volubly
rapid fire and ready speech She began talking volubly.
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taciturnity
a state of being disinclined to talk Shana descended into her usual taciturnity.
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prolepsis
that part of a presentation that anticipates future questions and answers them He was so defensive…his entire speech was a prolepsis.
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otiose oh she ose
having no purpose As England is being Ruled by Queen Victoria , the entire Save The King day is a tad otiose.
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deucedly
extremely I have a deucedly bad headache.
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scrutator
one who scrutinizes and investigates After the suspicious fire, an arson scrutator was hired by the Insurance Company.

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