Deck L

Question 1

afflatus

Answer 1

a sudden burst of inspiration

I had an afflatus and created the fetal celltrode.

Question 2

a fortiori

Answer 2

all the more reason to do something

A woman has de facto rights over her body, but as a mother, a fortiori must protect her unborn child.

Question 3

bestirred

Answer 3

to rile up

George Floyd’s murder bestirred the Black community.

Question 4

booboisie

Answer 4

the unintelligent masses

The booboisie elected Biden and they can have the senile stumble bum.

Question 5

climacteric

Answer 5

the critical stage of something

The climacteric is reached and the count-down begins.

Question 6

discomfit

Answer 6

to make someone uncomfortable

I was discomfited by her beauty.

Question 7

execrate

Answer 7

to loathe

I understand why Chrissy execrates us, but I have sincerely apologized.

Question 8

perpense

Answer 8

with strong purpose

The hawk swooped down on the dove with malice perpense.

Question 9

vouchsafe

Answer 9

to graciously bestow something to someone

Jesus bestowed his forgiveness to us.

Question 10

satisfice

Answer 10

to be satisfied with something

I must satifice with only one week of vacation a year.

Question 11

analogue

Answer 11

a similar version

All SUVs are analogues of the Highlander.

Question 12

anarchic

Answer 12

lawless

Companies are fleeing the anarchic streets of San Francisco.

Question 13

bugaboo

Answer 13

a concern that is blown out of proportion

LeLe is always beset by bugaboos.

Question 14

cavil

Answer 14

to raise frivolous objections

The starlet cavilled continuously about her Four Seasons penthouse suite.

Question 15

cede

Answer 15

to give up something

I will not cede my right to vote.

Question 16

demiurge

Answer 16

a powerful creative force

Adam Heller is a demiurge of electrochemistry.

Question 17

effluvium

Answer 17

an unpleasant vapor

The drying sponges cast their effluvium over the Shark Key billionaire homes.

Question 18

anamnesis

Answer 18

Plato , remembering things in one’s prior existence

The soothsayer claimed my dreams were an anamnesis of my prior life as a frog.

Question 19

Schadenfreude

Answer 19

Laughing at other’s misfortunes

I do enjoy a good schadenfreude every now and then.

Question 20

genteel

Answer 20

stylish and upper class

Thank God I will never be genteel.

Question 21

autosche-
diastic

Answer 21

impromptu
In the Awhanee pool, I gave an autoschediatsic presentation of why I believe in God.

Question 22

tractable

Answer 22

easily manageable

Using Fourier Analysis has made the problem much more tractable.

Question 23

animadversion

Answer 23

a criticism

You had better accustom yourself to animadversions if you decide to go into politics.

Question 24

animus

Answer 24

ill will

The worldwide animus towards Jews is despicable.

Question 25

burden

Answer 25

central theme The burden of Antifa is, “White Man, he be bad” (sic).

Question 26

codicil

Answer 26

an addendum to an original The Ukraine will ultimately be another codicil NATO member.

Question 27

demur

Answer 27

to show reluctance and not support If you dare demur against Hamas, then you are a racist.

Question 28

paroexia

Answer 28

The desire to eat strange foods Bug Burgers are the latest paroexia fad.

Question 29

ruthful

Answer 29

full of sorrow Gretchen was ruthful after scarfing down the Cheese Nips.

Question 30

cupidity

Answer 30

the desire for excess riches Cupidity, not philanthropy, is fashion of the day .

Question 31

solon

Answer 31

a wise judge There are no solons in congress.

Question 32

devoir

Answer 32

one’s duty My devoir is to be a good Catholic husband.

Question 33

outre

Answer 33

an over the top violation of propriety The kindergarten trans show was definitely outre.

Question 34

amour fou

Answer 34

obsessive passion Driven by his amour fou for Brittany Spears he began creepily stalking her.

Question 35

numinous

Answer 35

holy The numinous Eucharist is displayed during Adoration.

Question 36

picaresque

Answer 36

characterized by roguish protagonist Captain Jack Sparrow is picaresque.

Question 37

pococurante

Answer 37

a careless indifferent person He is a typical pococurante teen. A nuke could go off downtown and he would care less.

Question 38

anomie

Answer 38

rootlessness The current anomie of the United States is based in its Godlessness.

Question 39

folderol

Answer 39

nonsense, silliness What a bunch of folderol.

Question 40

cacoethes

Answer 40

an uncontrollable desire of an evil habit Mark’s drinking is his cacoethes.

Question 41

captious adj vs cavil verb

Answer 41

Fault finding I could never visit Dad without some captious remark by Joni. So I just quit going.