Deck U

Question 1

cordon sanitaire

Answer 1

a buffer line or zone between two hostile territories

Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if it had remained a cordon sanitaire to territories belonging to NATO. But the threat of Ukraine joining NATO changed that calculus.

Question 2

cosmopolitanism

Answer 2

excessive adulation for another country’s culture ie language and manners at the expense of losing their own culture

Russian High Society in 1800 suffered from French cosmopolitanism.

Question 3

scintilla

Answer 3

the tiniest mote or trace of something

There is not a scintilla of physical evidence for the multiverse theory.

Question 4

misogamy

Answer 4

hatred of marriage

Currently, about one in six young adults expresses feelings of misogamy.

Question 5

onanism

Answer 5

masturbation

Overall 60% of men engage in twice weekly or more onanism.

Question 6

gnathic

Answer 6

having a large jaw

Growth hormone supplements can cause a gnathic face.

Question 7

organza

Answer 7

a stiff synthetic silk

Her wedding dress of white organza made her look like a pastry.

Question 8

to swizzle

Answer 8

to stir a drink

The pissed off bartender refused to swizzle the asshole’s drink.

Question 9

envoi

Answer 9

final communication

Frasier gave his envoi to Seattle in the final episode.

Question 10

monitory

adj

Answer 10

warning

The Kodiak monitory sirens warned us of the oncoming tsunami.

Question 11

votaries

Answer 11

a devoted admirers

Taylor Swift’s votaries stormed the stage.

Question 12

peregrinations

Answer 12

voyages from place to place

For Pope Francis it’s another tiring year of papal peregrinations.

Question 13

cavalcade

Answer 13

a formal procession

The cavalcade of the King’s Guards in their Bearskins is a traditional tourist stop when visiting London.

Question 14

caudillo

Answer 14

the self installed dictator of a Banana Republic

Biden is a Banana Republic caudillo.

Question 15

longanimity

Answer 15

long continued patience in the face of suffering

The longanimity of the Jewish People is without equal.

Question 16

parabolically

Answer 16

as of a parable, allegorically

Jesus’ sermons were delivered parabolically to facilitate their understanding.

Question 17

sempiternal

Answer 17

eternal and unchanging

Congress’ deficit spending is sempiternal.

Question 18

indubitably

Answer 18

that cannot be doubted

Indubitably Iran is behind the turmoil in the mideast.

Question 19

supererogatory

Answer 19

superfluous

He felt supererogatory.

Question 20

inexorable

Answer 20

impossible to stop

The addict’s craving was inexorable.

Question 21

daubing

Answer 21

characterized by a smear of paint

The daubing sun weakly broke through the dense, interminable, San Francisco fog.

Question 22

fettle

Answer 22

condition

The newborn is in excellent fettle.

Question 23

whaled

verb

Answer 23

to beat or hit at

The black teens whaled relentlessly on the old Japanese woman.

Question 24

pullulating

Answer 24

flourishing

The pullulating hydra of the CIA needs to be decapitated.

Question 25

preponderate

Answer 25

to exceed in power or influence Where Blacks preponderate is where I will not be.

Question 26

Brobdingnagian

Answer 26

gigantic, the fictional land of giants by Johnathan Swift No one could compete with Kevin’s Brobdingnagian appetite.

Question 27

beastie

Answer 27

an animal All Venture Outers were out walking there beasties.

Question 28

withal

Answer 28

nevertheless Weather that day was to be brilliantly sunny, but withal it rained.

Question 29

coda

Answer 29

the concluding part of writing , speech, or music Biden’s coda, politically and vitally, is fast approaching.

Question 30

approbate

Answer 30

approval Our remodeling is awaiting the approbate of the County Office.

Question 31

to harrow

Answer 31

to crush and pulverize The feral black youths harrowed the old Japanese woman.

Question 32

chignon sheen yon

Answer 32

hairstyle in which the hair is coiled in the back of the head or nape She wore her hair in a chignon.

Question 33

coterminous

Answer 33

having the same extent in meaning , space . Often when religious and geographic boundaries are not coterminous regional strife ensues.

Question 34

fulminating

Answer 34

characterized as violent and explosive Biden’s fulminating State of the Union speech at 87 million Republicans in the USA and all the members Supreme court, proves his unworthiness to lead this nation.

Question 35

utilitarian

Answer 35

adj stressing practicality rather then beauty Cities are usually ugly and utilitarian.

Question 36

enjoin

Answer 36

to instruct someone to do something We were at first enjoined and then browbeaten to get the Vaccine. Fuck them!

Question 37

ennoble

Answer 37

to increase in dignity With the passage of time, Prince William and Kate have become ennobled in England, while the lugubrious Harry and mopey Meghan have fallen off the radar of royal significance.

Question 38

ex officio

Answer 38

unquestionably authoritative by virtue ones office While the Pope may make ex officio pronouncements to the world, neomort and corrupt Biden will never have that luxury, except to his dog.

Question 39

orotund

Answer 39

unduly strong in speech Trump has an orotund tendency.

Question 40

tu quoque

Answer 40

“you also” …Implying that the accuser is more guilty than you of the same offense. Democrats are constantly leveling tu quoque arguments.

Question 41

sophistry

Answer 41

specious reasoning Saying all immigrants are lawful is sophistry.

Question 42

lurid

Answer 42

gruesome and horrifying I am not into movies with lurid scenes.

Question 43

defi

Answer 43

a challenge The defi was hurled to disprove relativity.

Question 44

cacoethes

Answer 44

an urge to do something inadvisable We all suffer from some cacoethes.

Question 45

benefic

Answer 45

kindly Our new neighbors do not seem benefic.

Question 46

beldam

Answer 46

a mean and physically repulsive woman Pelosi is the quintessential beldam.

Question 47

bescumbered

Answer 47

splattered with feces The airport toilet was so bescumbered that I decided to just hold on for another six hours.

Question 48

amor fati

Answer 48

a love of fate, happy with whatever comes With God and Jesus I have amor fati.