Deck N

Question 1

naufrageous

Answer 1

in a state of complete destruction
Maui is currently as naufrageous as Dresden in 1945.

Question 2

naucified

Answer 2

despised

After Larry Way made a pass at Sue Brown she naucified him.

Question 3

confuted

Answer 3

disproved

Einstein confuted simultaneity.

Question 4

disabuse

Answer 4

to correct a mistaken impression

I must disabuse you of that notion.

Question 5

metonymy

Answer 5

a trope whereby a set of words is a substitute name for something

The phrase “lend me your ears” is a metonymy for a request to listen.

Question 6

chicanery

Answer 6

the use of deception to achieve one’s goal

Newsome’s meeting of foreign dignitaries for “mere pleasure” is chicanery.

Question 7

ambient

Answer 7

characterized as being in the immediate surrounding environment

The ambient temperature in Phoenix was 110 degrees.

Question 8

verso

Answer 8

the left hand page or obverse of a coin or paper

The verso of the priceless da Vinci had sic “make in China” written upon it.

Question 9

bijou

Answer 9

a small elegant residence

With B2B you can find thousands of bijous throughout the world in which to stay.

Question 10

parapraxis

Answer 10

a Freudian slip

The Dr. Jenny said in her parapraxis that “the sputum grew multiple tiny orgasms.”

Question 11

epistemology

Answer 11

what is knowledge and how do we gain it and affirm it

Aristotle was concerned wit issues of epistemology.

Question 12

superjacent

Answer 12

overlying

The superjacent airspace over the Continental US nations is often challenged by Chinese high altitude balloons.

Question 13

wraith

Answer 13

a shadow of a person often recently dead, an insubstantial form of ones prior self

After his chemotherapy, he was a mere wraith.

Question 14

dragooned

Answer 14

brutally forced into doing

Many young Russian men were dragooned into its Army.

Question 15

enjoin

Answer 15

to command or order

The Colonel enjoined the troops to charge despite the fusillade.

Question 16

naupathia

Answer 16

seasickness

Compazine relieves naupathia.

Question 17

quackled

Answer 17

choked

Ironically he quackled on the Duck L’Orange.

Question 18

catachresis

Answer 18

the incorrect use of a word

My catachresis on “The brassieres were lit,” was embarrassing.

Question 19

apoplectic

Answer 19

furious

He was positively apoplectic at being passed over for the raise.

Question 20

nosism

nah sizz em

Answer 20

referring to oneself as “we”

His annoying nosism, such as “oops…we over slept today.”is irritating.

Question 21

charette

Answer 21

a meeting of concerned person’s to solve a problem

To address the issue of ICU infections I called a charette.

Question 22

disapprobation

Answer 22

strong disapproval on moral grounds

My disapprobation of transvestites in children’s schools is adamantine.

Question 23

sciolist

Answer 23

a pretender to knowledge

I am not a sciolist an will focus my studies.

Question 24

altricial

Answer 24

hatched or born helpless

The altricial blind baby birds cheeped loudly for their Mother.

Question 25

tralatious

Answer 25

passed down by oral tradition

Greek myth was tralatious.

Question 26

impugns

Answer 26

to attack the veracity of something vs oppugn to question validity

I impugned the murder suspect’s alibi.

Question 27

imputed

Answer 27

blamed

From the cheese dust on her muzzle, it was imputed that Gretchen ate the Cheese Nips.

Question 28

trepid

Answer 28

fearful

I was always trepid of the upcoming school year.

Question 29

ensconce

Answer 29

to conceal

“I shall ensconce myself behind the arras.”, said Falstaff.

Question 30

quaver

Answer 30

to tremble with fear or excitement

The Oscar Candidates quavered with excitement.

Question 31

quercine

Answer 31

from an oak

Acorns are quercine.

Question 32

nebbish
noun

Answer 32

a pitiful and inadequate person

A nebbish, such as a George Castanza on Seinfeld, leads to many hilarious moments.

Question 33

doyen and doyenne

Answer 33

the most respected man or woman of a group

Despite his young age, Travis was the doyen at Colorado Outward Bound.

Question 34

dialectics

Answer 34

the artful enquiry into metaphysical contradictions or difficult opinions

The dialectics concerning Man Made Global Warming are proving it to be false.

Question 35

incarnadine

Answer 35

blood red

Niles held up the incarnadine nightgown as proof of his innocence in the Pinnipedicide.

Question 36

fabulist

Answer 36

a liar of dishonest stories

Biden is a first class fabulist.

Question 37

diapasonal

Answer 37

harmonious

FEMA’s response has not been diapasonal.

Question 38

doytin

Answer 38

to walk around stupidly

The hundreds of drug addicts doytin around the streets of San Francisco.

Question 39

necromancy

Answer 39

communicating with the dead

Necromancy may lead to evil effects.

Question 40

cabotinage

Answer 40

noun overacting by second-rate actor

The old Shakespearean actor’s cabotinage was extremely embarrassing.

Question 41

exigency

Answer 41

a crisis requiring immediate attention

The exigency of the Maui fires was shamefully ignored by Biden.

Question 42

nefandous

Answer 42

characterized as a topic of which it is forbidden to be discussed

Talking about sex used to be a nefandous and private topic.

Question 43

drachenfutter

Answer 43

a gift of guilt from a husband to his wife

After the affair, he gave his wife a flawless, 10 carat, drachenfutter.

Question 44

didactic

Answer 44

doing teacher like things

Teachers need to be less concerned about gender and more didactic in the basics.

Question 45

himbo

Answer 45

a male bimbo

He may be gorgeous, but his two total neurons make him a himbo.

Question 46

catastasis

Answer 46

heightened action in a play or movie before the denouement
The intense argument between the two principal actors signaled the catastasis in the movie.