Deck S

Question 1

pulchritude

Answer 1

physical beauty

The pulchritude on display at the Miss Universe Contest is amazing.

Question 2

consanguinity

Answer 2

related by blood

In the 1700s inheritance was determined by consanguinity.

Question 3

Jacobinical

Answer 3

characterized by violent revolution

I condemn the Jacobinical protests against the Jews of America.

Question 4

rubric

Answer 4

the governing idea or concept

The main rubric of justice is innocence until guilt is proven.

Question 5

quixotic

Answer 5

idealistic and unrealistic

The idea of living on Mars is quixotic.

Question 6

essayed

Answer 6

to make an attempt

The tourist essayed his DuoLingo French at the local market and came home with a live swan instead of a grilled chicken sandwich.

Question 7

disfranchised

Answer 7

denied the right to vote

A felon is disfranchised.

Question 8

verisimilitude

Answer 8

authenticity

The verisimilitude of the Picasso is questionable.

Question 9

salutary

Answer 9

effecting an improvement

The salutary effect of prohibiting Trans men in any Women’s NCAA competition saved Women’s Sports.

Question 10

vox populi

Answer 10

Popular opinion

The current vox populi is to be pro Hamas.

Question 11

effete

Answer 11

overlyrefined and decadent

Our effete society is exemplified by Jill Biden’s Christmas show.

Question 12

impenitent

Answer 12

not repenting of sin

What is so amazing to me is just how impenitent Gavin Nesome is.

Question 13

penury

Answer 13

extreme poverty

In Dehli I witnessed unbelievable penury, but also unbelievable kindness.

Question 14

reifiable

Answer 14

characterized by turning something into a concrete advantage.

In chess, positional advantages are ultimately reifiable into material advantages.

Question 15

odious

Answer 15

repulsive

The odious murder scene physically sickened the veteran detective.

Question 16

esurient

Answer 16

hungry

In the days of the film Dog Day Afternoon, Pacino was a lean and esurient actor.

Question 17

meretricious

Answer 17

characterized by vulgar and tawdry display

They thought my beloved sweater as meretricious.

Question 18

fain

Answer 18

to be delighted under the circumstances

Obi Wan Kenobi was fain to instruct the young Skywalker.

Question 19

boffo

Answer 19

wildly successful and popular

The boffo Taylor Swift has turned satanic.

Question 20

gainsay

Answer 20

to deny or contradict a prior opinion

One cannot gainsay Ali’s greatness.

Question 21

nugatory

Answer 21

Trifling and unimportant

You know you are an elite when you play nugatory games like croquet and beer pong.

Question 22

maladroitness

Answer 22

an event characterized by lack of shrewd execution

The maladroitness of Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal killed hundreds of innocent people.

Question 23

hegemonic

Answer 23

characterized by a preponderance of influence and respect

America has lost, almost irreversibly, its hegemonic position in the world. This jeopardizes other nascent countries wishing for a free society.

Question 24

ethos

Answer 24

society’s fundamental outlook

The ethos that our Republic is evil, gives even less hope for the world.

Question 25

oeuvre oovruh

Answer 25

an artist’s body of work I feel the most impressive oeuvre is that of Mozart.

Question 26

merino

Answer 26

coarse Spanish wool The merino turtleneck itched like hell.

Question 27

mesmeric

Answer 27

hypnotic As she walked seductively into the room, the mesmeric response was deafening silence.

Question 28

schwag

Answer 28

promotional items usually in a tote bag The ultimate schwag was when Oprah gave new cars to the audience.

Question 29

palladium

Answer 29

protector or protection Fool! He believes his money is his palladium.

Question 30

anarchic

Answer 30

lawless and rebellious All the stores on Market Street closed because of the anarchic inner city blacks.

Question 31

coadjutor

Answer 31

an assistant My hectic schedule required me to hire an experienced coadjutor.

Question 32

propitious

Answer 32

favorable The stock market remains propitious for gains on investments.

Question 33

offal

Answer 33

rotting waste of an animal Chitlins are nothing more than offal.

Question 34

mesomorphic

Answer 34

athletic and muscular Upon seeing the mesomorphic suspect, the officer immediately called for back-up.

Question 35

etiolated

Answer 35

blanched white The etiolated Elizabeth I died in 1603 because of the white lead cosmetic Venetian Ceruse.

Question 36

offing

Answer 36

the distant horizon at sea Perhaps a new beau is in the offing.

Question 37

tocsin

Answer 37

a warning bell The tocsin is ringing about the rampant voter fraud by the Democrats.

Question 38

mutatis mutandis

Answer 38

making changes in the actors or institutions but not in the premise demonstrated Biden accepted 1.2 million from China, mutatis mutandis to Trump. Would the public quietly allow it?

Question 39

nabob

Answer 39

a person of high significance While Fauci considers himself a nabob, I consider him a deceitful criminal.

Question 40

commonweal

Answer 40

the common good of society The commonweal of our country depends utterly upon free and fair elections.

Question 41

exegesis

Answer 41

a critical analysis of passages from classic books such as the Bible or the oeuvre of Shakespeare, etc His library overflowed with exegeses of Socrates and Plato.

Question 42

oleaginous

Answer 42

having an irritating ingratiating manner The most oleaginous politician in history was Hilary Clinton in “I ain’t too tired, I’s cum too far.”

Question 43

miasma

Answer 43

a terribly foul smell, a poisonous effluvia A miasma wafted off of our sargassum choked canal.

Question 44

bespoke

Answer 44

tailor-made and very high quality The Four Seasons Hotel delivers bespoke service to their customers.