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suborned

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to secretly induce someone to do something unlawful

Duncan was suborned and tricked by his ex-girlfriend.

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jocund

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let’s PARTY attitude
The Roman Senate, clad in togas and imbibing wine, were feeling jocund. And so began the first toga party.

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antimacassar

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old fashioned

The antimacassar niceties and manners of the 1950s are gone forever.

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chiliastic

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pertaining to the Second Coming

William Butler Yeats wrote a wonderful, chiliastic poem.

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demurral

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the act of taking exception

My demurral with going green is that China is not following suit.

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effrontery

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an act of shameless audacity

Drag Queen story hour is an effrontery.

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fillipic

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characterized by an arousing or inciting speech or writing

Zelensky read the fillipic speech to his weary soldiers.

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felicity

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a state of blissful happiness

Her felicity is what I care about.

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granular

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the ability to research a topic in very fine detail

The scientists granular studies of the CMB has led to many confirming results.

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perpend

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to ponder (perpense=with definite purpose)

Why can you not perpend on the loo like everyone else.

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stochastic

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randomly determined

The selection of who would first step onto the Moon was stochastic.

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exonym

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a name applied to a place by foreigners

Interestingly, the name China is an exonym.

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punctilio

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A petty point of conduct
Mohammed was a punctilio practicing prig.

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burnish

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to enhance or perfect by polishing

The Premed student needed to burnish her CV.

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renascent

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to become popular again

Vinyl Lps are currently renascent.

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raillery

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good humored teasing

Tim Watt is the King of Raillery.

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vizards

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masks

Let our faces be vizards over our hearts.

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ameliorate

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Forcing reparations on the non-black population will definitely not ameliorate race relations.

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reproof

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criticism of a fault

I have so many reproofs against Biden that the OED seems less voluminous.

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deprecation

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a mild disapproval

Why the deprecation?

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emendation

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a substitute solution for one that is less approved
There are so many emendations to this bill that the original fades from sight.

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emew

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to imprison or confine

We had to emew Mousie in a carrier to get her to the Vet.

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ferrule

fair rool

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the metal head of a walking cane

Mr. Hyde used a ferrule to murder his victims.

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noumenon

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something conceived in the mind according to Kant
QFT originally was a noumenon.

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Rhadamanthus
the stern and inflexible Greek god of the dead Rhadamanthus was less stern than Mr. Rock.
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pied
having two or more colors Jacob and the Pied Piper both wore pied coats.
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brindled
streaked with brown or black stripes Native American horses are usually brindled.
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antinomian
one rejects socially accepted moralities If Transvestism is the new morality, then I am ferociously antinomian.
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chimera
an imagined idea or person How often will people fall for the chimera of Socialism?
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derogate
to disparage It is so easy to derogate both the dumb-shit Democrats and the feckless Republicans.
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elide
suppress It is easy to elide the truth on the internet.
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empressment
a display of effusive cordiality Pip had to endure constant empressement.
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fetlock
the hair over the hooves of a horse Draft horses are known for their fetlocks.
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gravitas
dignified and serious Oncologists specialize in gravitas.
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apercu
a brief intuitive “AhHa!” insight With a sudden apercu , I thought of the Fetal Celltrode.
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chiding
reproof and rebuke When I told Pete what I was doing Joni chidingly remarked “What a waste.”…what a bitch.
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derogate
to put down or disparage Do not derogate my apparent lack of widely popular superfluous achievements.
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empirical
evidence based The big bang is supported by the empirical evidence of the homogeneous nature at the Universe’s antipodes.
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empyreal
sublime or heavenly The 1969 Margaux was empyreal.
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famulus
an aide Patton’s famulus girded him with his margaritic Pistols.
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gravure
etched artistic prints Molokini First Breath is a gravure.
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melomaniac
a person who loves music I too am a melomaniac.
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Gemeinschaft
a community of common minded people The Gemeinschaft of the keys, abhors New York rudeness and California self centeredness.
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restive
stubbornly defiant Most two year olds are restive.
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irrupt
to enter a room suddenly and forcibly The FBI irrupted into my house.
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bespoke
tailor made clothes Peaky Blinder’s members always wore bespoke suits.
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attornment
the formal transfer of ownership to another Closing day is the day of house attornment.
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ad rem
to the point Biden is incapable of speaking ad rem.
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clerisy
the intelligentsia The clerisy disagree with vaccine mandates.
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decorous
characterized by good manners and behavior His decorous behavior assured his being chosen for the job as Head Butler.
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enjoin
to direct or order I was constantly and wisely enjoined by Morris…I miss him.
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epexegesis
an explanation of the previous word or term My writing includes much epexegesis.
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avouch
to affirm or assert She avouched her innocence despite being confronted with the incriminating video.
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cavalcade
a formal procession The Queen’s Guard cavalcade is amazing.
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mawkish
exaggeratedly emotional The Beauty Pageant’s mawkish “interview the candidate” portion was too much for me.
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deuteragonist
second in line after the protagonist After Scout Finch, Boo Radley is the deuteragonist in To Kill A Mockingbird.
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galimatias
confused and unintelligible talk It is just more galimatias from President “What’s My Name”.
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haboob
a violent sandstorm of North Africa The dust bowl had a haboob almost once a month.
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iatric
Medical The iatric arts lead to a wonderful and fulfilling life.
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jullix
one with whom you have a mental affinity Father Dennison was my jullix.
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umbriferous
shady The huge umbriferous oak is over 300 years old.
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solecism
a social faux pas Jerry’s nose picking solecism cost him a date.

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