Deck X Flashcards
opine
to give a formal opinion
The Scientist opined that further research needs to be done in order to test the hypothesis of Human Created Climate Change.
mirabile dictu
a wonder to relate
Mirabile dictu, the polar ice caps on Mars are also melting due to the Martian’s and their damned SUVs. Fuck you Greta von Cretinberg!
epochal
EE pok al
adj =extremely significant or groundbreaking
Perhaps the most epochal discovery in Medicine was that of Penicillin in 1927 by Alexander Fleming.
tergiversation
tur JIV er say shun
a reversal of opinion
Blinken’s tergiversation on Israeli support is costing us an important ally.
Jacobinical
as characterized by the violent French revolution
If Trump is not allowed his rightful place as the next President of the United States the result will be Jacobinical.
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imputation
to blame unjustly
The imputation that Republicans caused illegal immigration is hilarious.
brachyphallic
Having a small penis
Men who drive loud, unnecessarily large trucks are usually brachyphallic.
perfidy
a deliberate breach of a trusted relationship
I was guilty of perfidy in my treatment of Harrison Pitcher.
voluptuarian
one who is overly concerned with luxury and sensuality.
Amy’s brother David was a highly likable voluptuarian.
callow
lacking in adult sophistication
Hamas protesters are callow.
cacozealot
an evil protester
The Palestinian protesters are indoctrinated cacozealots.
gainsay
to deny or ignore
One cannot gainsay Ali’s greatness.
vestigial
remaining and imperfect, or atrophied
Even our vestigial freedoms are now at risk.
usurious
criminally high rates of interest
Current bank loan rates are usurious.
solipsism
the philosophical concept that only one’s mind is sure to exist
“you and only you exist”
California is largely populated by solipsistic zombies.
patently
obviously
The Government patently manipulates the data concerning inflation.
mulct
to leech from or derive the essence from
One can mulct a message of unity at the RNC.
callomaniac
a person under the illusion that they are beautiful
Why are so many old women such callomaniacs?
priapic
phallic
I first thought his meeting her was a priapic imperative.
eschew
to do without
Young people today often eschew having families.
salvific
characterized by saving
Trump is running on his potentially salvific merit.
cantabank
a second rate singer
Taylor Swift is not only a cantabank, but also a Satanist.
fillipic
a speech intended to incite anger and emotion
Demosthenes hurled fillipics at his fellow Greeks concerning the aggressions of Phillip of Macedon.
subsume
the act of a superset absorbing a subset
Quantum mechanics subsumes classical mechanics.