Deck T

Question 1

seriatam

Answer 1

serially

The gruesome Murdaugh Murders were published seriatim in the New York Times.

Question 2

probative

adj

Answer 2

serving to prove, substantiating

The exacting chemistry required to synthesize a polypeptide is probative evidence of a Divine Watchmaker.

Question 3

in media res

Answer 3

in the thick of it

Hera caught Zeus and Leto in media res.

Question 4

perforce

Answer 4

all the more reason to do something, inevitably

He was caught. That was a fact. Perforce why not commit another robbery?

Question 5

oligarchy

Answer 5

a rule by the few, usually family

Oligarchies by nature foment nepotism.

Question 6

fictive

Answer 6

fictitious

Diaries are notoriously fictive and self serving.

Question 7

flagitious

Answer 7

extremely wicked

The flagitious rapes and murders by Hamas on December seventh validates their expungement by Israel.

Question 8

Micawberish

Answer 8

irresponsibly optimistic

I was Micawberish with respect to Pepex.

Question 9

midden

Answer 9

a dung hill or trash heap

Every Midden Monday in Kannah Creek, I drove the Little Black Jeep to the dump to search for useful discarded items.

Question 10

aptronym

Answer 10

a name that imitates a person’s metier

Usain Bolt is obviously an aptronym for a sprinter.

Question 11

metier

Answer 11

a person’s calling

My metier was always in medicine and helping people directly.

Question 12

officious

Answer 12

rudely offering unwanted advice

The officious manner in which The Green Movement tries to tell us what to do actually causes me to do the exact opposite.

Question 13

organon

Answer 13

a method of acquiring knowledge

True, skeptical, scientific inquiry is the ultimate organon.

Question 14

restive

Answer 14

characterized by disquietude causing erratic behavior

The horse became restive in the dark shadow of the woods.

Question 15

levity

Answer 15

lacking in seriousness

Levity at a funeral is inappropriate.

Question 16

fleering

Answer 16

to laugh scornfully at

His fleering at the angry protesters did not help the situation.

Question 17

oligomania

Answer 17

obsessed by only a few thoughts

Her oligomania about death is unhealthy.

Question 18

mimesis

Answer 18

imitation

Mimesis is the greatest form of flattery.

Question 19

forsooth

Answer 19

truly

Forsooth, I thought the movie Barbie as the worst one I had ever seen.

Question 20

pantophagous

Answer 20

eating a great variety of foods

I am not pantophagous but a rib and steak kind of guy.

Question 21

contumelious

Answer 21

spiteful and wicked

I was aghast at Biden’s contumelious attack of the Supreme Court Justices.

Question 22

harridan

Answer 22

a bullying hag

You are a harridan! Fuck off.

Question 23

Erebusic

Answer 23

as Erebus is the ruler of darkness and evil

Hillary and Michelle are Erebusic harridans.

Question 24

recision

noun

Answer 24

the act of canceling

The recision of student debt is absurd.

Question 25

recondite

Answer 25

difficult to understand Quantum Theory is recondite.

Question 26

ad hominem

Answer 26

marked by an attack on a persons character The RNC debates repeatedly devolve into a free for all of ad hominem attacks.

Question 27

devolve

Answer 27

to pass into a worse state The RNC debates repeatedly devolve into shouting matches.

Question 28

forswear

Answer 28

to renounce earnestly The headlines read “DeSantis forswears Candidacy“.

Question 29

minatory

Answer 29

menacing At ready, the minatory ICBMs were silhouetted by the fire that consumed Moscow.

Question 30

misanthrope

Answer 30

one who hates many people Transvestites, who claim to be accepting, are the worst misanthropes of all. The universally have a gigantic chip on their shoulder.

Question 31

ombudsman

Answer 31

a dispute mediator The ombudsman passed back and forth between the two litigants.

Question 32

fungible

Answer 32

interchangeable Paper money is just paper. While gold is as fungible as grain or oil.

Question 33

bergamot

Answer 33

an orange oil extract The bergamot tea is superb.

Question 34

affectation

Answer 34

artificial behavior Many actresses are given to affectation. It goes with the metier.

Question 35

synaesthetic

Answer 35

appealing to all the senses The Bach and Barbecue Fest was synaesthetic.

Question 36

prehensile

Answer 36

clutching greedily The baby orangutan was prehensile to Mom.

Question 37

catechizing

Answer 37

severe questioning to arouse moral guilt The Senator is catechizing the obtuse Harvard President, Professor Gay.

Question 38

omnipotent

Answer 38

all powerful Zeus is omnipotent in Greek mythology.

Question 39

omniscient

Answer 39

all knowing He is smart and encyclopedic, but not omniscient.

Question 40

foudroyant

Answer 40

characterized by being struck by lightning Her foudroyant beauty stunned the audience.

Question 41

miscegenetic

Answer 41

Marriage between blacks and whites Despite representing only 10% of all marriages, almost 100% of commercials on television are miscegenetic.

Question 42

John-a-Dreams

Answer 42

A day dreamer There he is again. In class but looking out the dirty window…such a John-a-Dreams.

Question 43

judder

Answer 43

to shake and vibrate violently The SpaceX Dragon rocket juddered the astronauts.

Question 44

fossick verb

Answer 44

to search by digging and rummaging about The tourist fossicked about the inactive volcano crater and found a seven carat diamond.

Question 45

risible

Answer 45

provoking laughter The outraged and supposedly misgendered transvestite launched into a risible tirade.