deck_6637713 Flashcards
(198 cards)
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addlepated
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mentally muddled
Biden’s brain is so addlepated it should be served with toast.
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salutary
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promoting health
Red wine is salutary.
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to uitwaiin
dutchverb
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to take a break, escape and clear ones mind
Amy uitwaiined at Captiva.
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collation
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a light meal
A collation before a race is advisable.
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churlish
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rude and surly
Is it me, or are drivers of Ram trucks with large knobby wheels churlish?
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profligate
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recklessly extravagant
I tend to be profligate.
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mercurial
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sudden unpredictable changes in mood
Trump isn’t frampold, he is just mercurial.
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elapids
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snakes with erect fangs
Cobras and coral snakes are elapids.
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decoct
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to extract the essence of a thing by boiling it
The herbs were being decocted by the witches when in walked McBeth.
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munificent
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lavishly generous
I tend to be munificent.
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quash
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to void or nullify
She quashed my dream of a snorkel vacation
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pettifoggery
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Little mindedness
ABC’s “The View” is a stultifying study in pettifoggery.
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soubrette
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a flirtatious young women
She was a petite red headed soubrette.
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ineluctable
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not capable of being avoided
I am afraid a World War is ineluctable.
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exiguous
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meager
The sanction results are exiguous.
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eldritch
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eerie
The children ran past the eldritch old mansion.
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bricoleur
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a do it your selfer
Joe is a bricoleur.
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apoplectic
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overcome with anger
Putin became apoplectic and launched the nukes.
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revanchism
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the desire to vengefully regain lost territory
Russian revanchism is again rampant.
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franion
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a habitual merrymaker
Rita is the quintessential franion.
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phantasmagoria
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a sequence of imaginary images as if in a dream
I awoke from my phantasmagoria of failures.
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frampold
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peevish, touchy
Trump is a bit frampold at times.
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culvert
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a water conduit passing beneath a road
The culvert was dammed with debris and flooded the road.
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deonerate
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to unburden
I will deonerate myself at Confession on Saturday.
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trepverter
a too-late brilliant comeback
The trepverter popped into my mind later that night.
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confabulate
to talk, or engage in conversation
Let’s sit down, cross our legs, and confabulate.
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iconoclast
a person who attacks cherished beliefs
Lenin, the leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution, was an iconoclast.
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reticent
not readily revealing one’s feelings or thoughts
When it comes to denying our simian heritage, I am not reticent at all.
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boorish
rough and bad mannered
The bars of Boston are full of boorish individuals.
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philistine
a person who is hostile or indifferent to the arts and learningthe philistine black educational groups call standard math and english racist
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marplot
one who hinders the success of a plot or plan
Always the marplot, he canceled our funding.
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emeritus or emerita
a retired male or female professor
The emeritus married the emerita at the College Church.
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clement
mild mannered
The weather has been quite clement.
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perorate
to speak in a lengthy pompous manner
Bumptious Bama and Sebastian Gorka perorate all the time; what asses!
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tartle
to hesitate upon meeting someone because you have forgotten their name
I tartle all the time.
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bruxing
nervous teeth grinding
Dad’s nocturnal bruxing caused me to sleep downstairs.
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cupola
a round dome on top of a roof
The cupola at St Peters Basilica is immense.
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struisvogelpolitiek
acting as if you did not notice that something bad happened esp in politics...ostrich politics
MSM’s struisvogelpolitik of Hunter’s incriminating laptop ensured Biden’s victory.
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colloquy
a discussion
Lets have a colloquy at the colloquium.
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colloquium
an academic seminar
Lets have a colloquy at the colloquium.
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elegy
a lament for the deadthe elegy for the parkland shooting was lugubrious
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lugubrious
sounding sad or mournful
Freunden no more of these lugubrious tones.
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veridical
truthful
A veridical Mainstream Media is lost forever.
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dragooned
to force somebody into doing something
Many of the Russian troops were dragooned to fight the war in Ukraine.
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sylph
a mythical sprite woman lovely, and thin
Elena was a sylph.
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bashment
a large party
At 40 I had a birthday bashment.
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moil
work hard
Many people moil for wealth, and then find that they still are not happy.
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emollient
a skin softener or soother
She applied an emollient to the sunburn.
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cognoscenti
those in the know
The cognoscenti of black holes believe in Hawking radiation
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shamble
to walk awkwardly with shuffling feet
My walk is a shambling keysish walk in loafers and no socks.
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objets trouve
refound objects of the past that are interesting
The attic was stuffed with objets trouve.
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dado
the lower part of a wall distinct from the upper part also a
wood joinery groove cut across the grain
The dado in the palace was highly ornamental.
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wabi-sabi
buhddist japanese noun
finding beauty in imperfections, or the acceptance of the cycle of life and death
Broken Roman sculptures are Wabi-sabi.
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colporteur
a door to door seller of books
I fondly remember the World Book Encyclopedia colporteurs of the 1960s.
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entelechy
the realization of potential
My entelechy at Servite was noticed by all the teachers.
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elephantine
large and clumsy
Kevin is a loveable elephantine kind of guy.
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buteonine
pertaining to buzzards
The buteonine land fills are disgusting.
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adventitious
accidental
His fame is purely adventitious.
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boite
a small club or cabaret
“We are all out of boites!”, cried Niles.
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proselytize
to overbearingly try and convert someone to their religion
Islamists proselytize with knives.
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rheumy
red and watery, as if ill ,
Tired or drunk, he had rheumy eyes.
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tiam
the twinkle in your eye when you meet someone special
The tiam in her eye , meant a lot to me.
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kintsukuroi
noun the repair of broken pottery with gold making it more beautiful
For having been broken, the beautiful broken vase was repaired with kintsukuroi.
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emulous
desirous of , or rivaling
Ellen’s younger sister was emulous of my attention.
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comestible
edible
Little on the island, especially taro root, was comestible.
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redact
to edit out sensitive aspects of a document
The fisa warrant was heavily redacted.
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finial
the pointed ornament atop a roof
Many finials are antique lightening rods.
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apothegm
a concise pithy saying
Churchill coined many witty apothegms.
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elide
to leave out a sound or syllable in a word or sentence
“Hello y’all!” , she elided.
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caballine
suitable for a horse
She was unable to swallow the caballine pill.
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commensurate
corresponding in amount
The punishment should be commensurate with the crime.
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anon
shortly
I will be there anon.
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nunchi
nun chee
noun korean
the act of listening to someones speech to gauge their mood
Wrt to Kim Jung Il, Trump is adept at the art of nunchi.
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nazlanmaked
saying no but meaning yes
When I first asked her out on a date she nazlanmaked, and so I politely persisted.
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emunctory
adj of wiping the nose
Flu season is upon us and all are involved in emunctory acts.
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comport
to behave oneself and act appropriately
Please comport yourself when you meet the Queen.
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blurb
a brief description on a book jacket
After reading the blurb I bought the book.
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frieze
a broad band of painted or sculpted decoration along a wall
We stood in awe of the Minoan friezes
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quadrate
to conform
That does not quadrate with the facts.
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elocution
to deliver a speech in a clear and persuasive manner
Peeloosee, in her dotage, is incapable of elocution.
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cacoethes
an overwhelming bad desire, a bad habit.
Society is overwhelmed by a cacoethes to weblogi.
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commination
a threat of vengeance, esp divine
Living in Sodom and Gomorrah commination is ever present.
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akihi
noun hawaiian
the prompt forgetting of given street directions
As he maundered on , about how to get to the Louvre, my eyes glazed over and akihi set in.
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croodle
to nestle together
I love to croodle with Amy by the fire.
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encomiastic
laudatory
CNN’s encomiastic praise of Obama was predictable.
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conciliate
to placate
We cannot conciliate Putin.
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boondoggle
a wasteful activity
The Build Back Better Bill is a boondoggle.
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dormer
an upright window under a sloping roof
The dormer blew out in the hurricane.
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rifacimento
an adaptation of a book to a movie, or play
I anticipate the rifacimento of Kristin Hannah’s book, “The Nightingale”.
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eloigned
to be moved to a distant location
After testifying against Hillary, he was eloigned to a secret location in remotest Siberia.
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caitiff
a despicable coward
The caitiff deputy cowered behind the squad car as the children were shot.
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concinnity
literary eloquence
i am always impressed by tolstoy’s concinnity
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dishabille
a state of undress
I arrived at the interview hungover and in dishabille, but still was accepted.
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autodidact
one who is self taught
I am an autodidact.
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deracinate
uproot
We must deracinate Isis.
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goya
virtual, or make believe that seems real
The Metaverse is peurile and will never achieve goya.
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inglenook
a corner by the fire
We love the cozy inglenook.
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ennervate
to remove strength or vigor
After Delilah’s crew cut Samson felt enervated.
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condign
appropriate for the crime
I doubt JustMe SmellIt will receive a condign punishment.
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runcible
a spork or spoon and a fork
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gable
a roof with two sloping sides
The snow slid off the gable
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postiche
a toupee or feigned or counterfeit
My postiche performance at SLOB fooled them.
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elucubrate
to toil over a written piece
He elucubrated over his late term paper.
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caliginous
dark and gloomy
It was a caliginous portrait of famous doctors at Johns Hopkins, and it gave me the creeps.
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congeries
a disorderly collection
Pirates were a congeries of miscreants.
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miscreant
a person who behaves badly or breaks the law
Pirates were a congeries of miscreants.
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honne and tattemae
what a person really believes in and will share with friends
My honne is known at Home, and my tattemae known in Town.
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tatemae
what a person pretends to believe to avoid confrontation
In this cancel culture it is well advised to stick to one’s tatemae.
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tacenda
matters better left unsaid
Never go to sleep with tacenda on your and your wife’s mind
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drachenfutter
gifts given by a husband to a wife when he has been bad
JFK gave drachenfutter pearls to Jackie O. all the time.
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entomophagous
insect eating
John the Baptist was entomophagous.
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consanguineous
related by blood to the same ancestor
Frasier and Niles were consanguineous to thieves and whores.
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adulate
to show excessive admiration
The liberals no longer adulate addlepated Biden.
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gnomon
an indicative rod on a sundial casting a shadow and showing the time
Trump is the gnomon of a new time in our democracy.
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additament
an added thing
The layover in Paris was a pleasant additament.
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lucubrate
to study intensely esp at night
Katy lucubrated at Duke.
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elute
to dissolve
Drug eluting stents are passe.
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callithumping
loud noisy boisterous
The little shitty car went racing by us with its callithumping bass.
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conspectus
a synopsis or summary
The conspectus states there was no Russian collusion.
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chiliastic
dealing with things a thousand years from now
Asimov was a chiliastic author.
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balter
to dance artlessly but enjoyably
I balter at ballet.
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szimpatikus
noun
hungarian
Your initial impression of a person that they are good
My szimpatikus upon meeting Amy was correct.
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ephemeral
fleeting, short lived
Life is ephemeral.
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accrete
to add to something and make it bigger
Snow accreted to the snowball as we rolled it along the ground.
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jamb
the side surface of a door or window
The jambs are so warped thy need to be replaced.
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parogoge
to add additional letters or sounds, antonym =elide
Amongst vs among is a parogoge example.
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adscititious
an unexpected additional benefit
We bought the house in the winter and adscititious tulips sprung up in spring.
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em
a typesetting space the width of an m
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candent
glowing as if from intense heat
Please keep my love of you, Jesus, candent.
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contumacy
disobedience
The contumacy of a two year old is predictable.
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tarantism
the uncontrollable urge to dance
The music started and all the guests were seized by tarantism.
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forelsket
the euphoria of first being in love
I will always remember my first forelsket with Ellen.
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epicene
feeble, male femininization or characterized by both sexes
Our self-loathing, epicene culture is deservedly laughed at by the World.
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portmanteaux
a fusion of two words
Chortle, to chukle and snort, is a portmanteaux
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joists
parallel support beams in the roof or floor
The joists were rotten.
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precisian
a person who is rigidly precise
Evan Owens was a precisian.
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emblements
crops grown on an acreage
The cost of emblements have soared this year.
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canorous
melodious and musical
All of Mozart’s works are canorous.
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contumelious
insolent ie arrogant and rude and reproachful or blameful
Putin is contumelious towards his Generals.
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objurgation
harsh reproof or accusation
Her objurgation about my bad habit led me to stop.
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illaudable
not admirable
History will record Biden’s presidency as illaudable.
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velleity
the state of desiring something but making no effort to act upon it
My becoming a gm is a velleity.
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mirabiliary
a wonder or miracle worker
Compared to Biden, Trump is a mirabiliary.
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aeolist
a blustering windbag
Hilary is a first degree aeolist, and should shoot and sputter about the room like an overinflated balloon.
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tretar
the third cup of coffee
I have not yet had my tretar.
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epistolic
contained or revealed in letters
The novel is epistolic.
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cremains
the ashes of the cremated
Father Dennison’s cremains were spread across the water.
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keep
a stronghold
The keep was surrounded by a moat.
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ideologue
an impractical idealist
Green Deal ideologues suffer from proctocephaly.
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empennage
The rear rudder and stabilizer of a plane
The A10 landed without its empennage.
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carriwitchet
a funny absurd quip
I lost an electron said the hydrogen atom. I am positive.
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corrigenda
typos and mistakes in a book
The publishers finally released the corrigenda to the calculus textbook.
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languid
disinclined to physical exertion
I feel languid on beta blockers.
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deipnosophist
one skilled at intellectual dinner talk
I am a deipnosophist.
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kabelsalat
a tangle of cables
I have unwound the electronic charger kabelsalat.
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eponymous
giving one’s name to a place
They climbed eponymous Pike’s Peak, but found no pike to fish.
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cinematheque
a small movie theatre given to artistic or off beat worksthe tropic is a cinematheque
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keystone
the locking stone at the top of an arch
The keystone gave way and the arch collapsed.
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vicinal
in the vicinity
The phone app Nearby tells me what vicinal amenities are about.
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empressment
an excessive display of cordiality
Pip was beset by the empressment of toadies seeking favors.
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cavil
to raise trivial objections
The spoiled starlet continues to cavil about her suite at the Four Seasons.
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corrigible
capable of being corrected
I am corrigible.
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erlebnisse
deeply felt experiences
I fondly recall the erlebnisse of getting engaged to Amy.
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nazurdu
the pride and self assured feeling of being unconditionally loved
I have nazurdu due to God.
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carmine
crimson red
Daphne wore a stunning high-slit carmine gown to to the ball.
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eristic
disputatious
I enjoy The Five because it is eristic.
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a horizontal structural piece supporting the load above a door or window
the dry rotted lintel above the main entance collapsed the second floor
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limitrophe
nations, states or territories that are bordering another nation
Unfortunately, it is the NATO limitrophes that have caused the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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empyreal
elevated or sublime
The stars at night in Kannah Creek were an empyreal spectacle.
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celeritous
quick or rapid in manner
He experienced a celeritous decline in health.
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corybantic
frenzied
The Russian markets opened to a precipitous and corybantic decline.
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labrose
having large lips
Many Africans are labrose.
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ne plus ultra
the ultimate example of perfection
Grace Kelly was the ne plus ultra of a classy bitch.
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carceral
imprisoning
The epitome of carceral punishment to Gen Xers is losing ones Twitter account.
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descipience
foolishness
I must decease my descipience in buying additional math books.
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abrogate
to do away with
The usa will abrogate the Iran Nuclear Treaty.
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lambent
lightly flickering
The lambent candles threw eerie shadows.
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paralogism
faulty reasoning
All illegal immigrants are criminals is a conservative paralogism.
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apodictic
clearly established
The Big Bang is apodictic.
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sobremesa
after dinner talk
After dinner the sobremesa was held over brandy and cigars. I declined and went home to my wife.
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saudade
a strong nostalgia for something or someone lost
Mom continues her saudade over Henry and Daisy.
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birling
spinning a log by treading upon it
Snowboarding and birling are now an Olympic events.
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esculent
edible tasty
I am a carnivore. I cannot abide even an esculent vegan diet.
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machiolation
a floor opening in a castle walls walkway to drop projectiles or hot oil
The flaming oil was dropped down the machiolation onto his enemies.
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appanage
a necessary accompaniment
Calculus is an appanage to advanced physics.
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endemic
a widespread condition
Covid is endemic.
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cete
a group of badgers
I would rather be slowly eaten by a cete of badgers then go to another SCVS meeting.
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cozen
to cheat or defraud
Do not cozen the IRS.
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nostrum
an ineffective quick fix
Starving oneself is a nostrum for weight loss.
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provincial
limited in scope, simple minded
Duh shut down oil production and gas prices go up…How provincial can you get?
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cuckquean
a female cuckold, or the act creating such
Melania has been cuckqueaned by Donald.
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furibund
enraged
When he accused me of being racist, I became furibund and beat the shit out of him.
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nimiety
excess
I have a nimiety of books.
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nugatory
trifling , of no value
Bitcoin will soon be nugatory.
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tractable
easy to control
Will is not a tractable child.
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disabuse
to persuade someone they are wrong
I will disabuse you of that notion.
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sutee
the hindu practice of a widow throwing herself on her husbands pyre
The practice of Sutee has not caught on fire , pun intended , in Hollywood.
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quop
to pulsate, throb, beat
Seeing her, his heart quopped.
