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cognate

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related

The cognate freedoms of press and speech protect not just our friends, but also our enemies.

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non grata

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not welcome

Catholicism and Judaism are non grata in the anomie that has become United States.

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objurgated

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to denounce vehemently

I objurgated the pro Hamas piece of shit.

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crapulous

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intoxicated

The crapulous tourists stumbled around Duval Street.

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maundering

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talking incoherently and meanderingly

Every Biden speech is another pinnacle in maundering.

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noetic

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relating to intellect

I am happiest when I am doing my noetic activities of Quantum Physics, Chess, and Vocabulary.

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capricious

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characterized by sudden changes in mood or behavior

Kamala’s capricious behavior keeps all her aides on edge.

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salient

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the key point of an argument

If Biden has declined to run in 2024, the most obvious salient is whether he is capable in the office of Potus.

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crepuscular

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relating to twilight

Cat senses are tuned to crepuscular predation.

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obdurate

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unyielding

Fate is obdurate. Be prepared.

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mawkish

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sickeningly sentimental

No moment was perhaps more mawkish than the two week funeral procession for the mediocre Pres. Gerald R. Ford.

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factotum

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an employee who does all kinds of jobs

Tim Cox is a factotum.

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auspice

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a prophetic sign or object

During the Roman Era, no auspice was more fortuitous than an eagle in flight.

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millenarian

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one who believes that the human state can achieve on its own perfection

I am not a millenarian. I believe the human state is imperfect and can only be perfected with God’s help. I hold up 6000 years of greatly flawed human history as evidence.

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contumely

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disdain

After my fall from CT surgeon to felon, many people, even so called friends, heaped contumely about my feet.

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marmish

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staid (unadventurous) and often ugly, a school marm

When did I become so marmish.

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obsecrate

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to beg

The Israeli mother obsecrated Hamas to return her son .

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eldritch

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eerie

We ran like hell past the eldritch old mansion.

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obtenebrate

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to cast a shadow over someone or something

Trump looms large and obtenebrates all the other Republican Candidates.

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mendacious

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lying, untruthful

Mayorkas is a mendacious meacock.

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meacock

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a cowardly effeminate man

Mayorkas is a mendacious meacock.

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breviloquent

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using very few words

Fr. Dennison, and now Fr. Baker are both breviloquent.

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redoubtable

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formidable

In his prime, Ali was redoubtable.

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heuristic

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a method of learning so that people can discover things on their own

The most important thing one can gain in college is a heuristic education so that one has the curiosity and the ability to discover things on one’s own.

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stentorian
characterized as loud and emphatic in speech Trump’s stentorian speech thrilled the crowd.
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obtuse
having a dense stupid mind It is amazing to me how obtuse the Pro Hamas Harvard students are.
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untramelled
not restricted In the USA, people are untrammeled in their potential, and can become anything they want.
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melange
a hodgepodge Never have I encountered such a melange of half- truths and lies.
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mondegreen
a confused made up line in a song “Sleep in Heavenly Peas” is my favorite mondegreen.
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recidivist
criminals who repeat offend With the no bail policy in New York, recidivists run rampant.
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gravamen
the central point of a complaint The gravamen of the Biden impeachment inquiry is his venal conduct with China.
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venal
susceptible to bribery Biden is venal.
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venial
forgivable It is a venial sin.
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epicene
effeminate There are no epicene cowboys in Texas.
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obvallate
characterized by being surrounded by a wall Jerusalem is obvallate.
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obverse
the opposite side of something Finding jurors who have not heard of Trump is the obverse of Diogene’s search for an honest man.
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aphoristic
characterized by clever maxims Dennison was always aphoristic in his breviloquent sermons.
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appentency
a yearning or desire My appetency for learning advanced physics and math is insatiable.
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colloquy
a high level discussion The colloquy between Netanyahu and Biden ended without a pause in the war as Biden had requested.
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riposte
a quick and clever comeback In the movie Key Largo, Lauren Bacall, as Nora, was a sexy, sassy blonde full of brilliant ripostes. “ You know how to whistle, don’t you Frank? You just purse your lips together and blow.”
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proximate
pertaining to the immediately preceding effect The proximate cause of the opioid crisis is the open border.
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eristic
Promoting discord and strife At the wedding of Achilles parents , Peleus and Thetis, the eristic Eris rolled the golden apple in between Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera. Paris was chosen to settle the dispute as to who was fairest, and chose Aphrodite. She in turn promised him King Menelaus’ wife Helen. And so started the Trojan War.
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odalisque
a female slave in a harem The odalisques strutted down Duval in their ultra tight yoga pants.
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meliorative
characterized by resulting in improved conditions With respect to human trafficking, the Border Wall has been meliorative in reducing the number of incidents.
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moil
to work hard I moiled most at Michigan.
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rectitude
righteousness Inner city Blacks perform “smash and grabs” in hundreds of stores and point to a rectitude of action based upon reparations they deserve.
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trenchantly
in a keenly articulate manner Ben Shapiro trenchantly pointed out that one cannot change their sex just as one cannot change their age.
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qua
in the role of Biden was theoretically elected in 2020 qua “The Great Unifier”…what a joke.
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factionalism
a splitting apart The factionalism that exists in the United States is unbridgeable.
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immutable
unchanging over time The follies of Mankind are many and immutable.
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prurient
that which seeks sexual stimulation The Senator continued to sext prurient pictures to his mistress.
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Potemkin
the Russian statesman who built fake villages along the route of Catherine the Great, ie a fakery Governor Newsome gave Xi the Potemkin tour of spotless San Francisco.
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endemic
widespread The endemic benightedness of liberal college students gives me little hope for the future of the US.
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heterodoxy
unorthodox doctrine In a sea of muslims I now belong to the heterodoxy of Catholicism.
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attornment
the formal transfer of a thing The codicil to the will set out the attornment of the property to the Grandkids.

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