Main Deck Flashcards
(108 cards)
1
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Engender
A
Arouse, inspire, cause.
Think: feelings “inspire” gender
2
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Avuncular
A
Uncle-like. “Of uncle”
3
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Pontificate
A
Rant, pompously
The Pontifex pontificates
4
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Enervate
A
Drain of energy / vitality.
Think: unnerve-ate
5
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Recalcitrant
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Uncooperative
6
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Consigned
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Delivered, usually to be sold.
Think: DHL delivers a package and asks for a CON to SIGN for it
7
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Byword
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A perfect example.
The Platonic ideal.
The 0th Kule.
8
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Indolent
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Lazy
9
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Wan
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Pale, strained, weak
WAN = Weak And Needy
10
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Anathema
A
A pet peeve on steroids.
Something that someone really doesn’t like.
11
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Laconic
A
Brief.
Why say many word when few word do trick?
12
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Dowager
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A widow w/ property from her dead spouse
13
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gallimaufry
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a confused jumble
14
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sashay
A
walk like a casual drag queen
15
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aquavit
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Scandinavian spirit, distilled from grain and potatoes, flavored with herbs
16
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bucolic
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pleasantly rural, pastoral
17
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bourguignon
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beef stew braised w/ red wine; carrots, onion, garlic, mushrooms, & bacon
18
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fetid
A
stanky af
19
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charnel house
A
a building where human remains are stored.
Charnel means associated with death.
20
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dearth
A
scarcity, lack.
The death of Darth Maul led to a dearth of Darths
21
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Bohemian
A
socially unconventional in an artistic way.
SEE: theatre kid
22
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milksop
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an indecisive, cowardly person
So full of choccy milk that they literally sop
23
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capricious
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unstable, likely to suddenly change
24
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desultory
A
lacking a purpose
Think: the opposite of REsultory
25
malefic
dangerous, especially by supernatural means
26
Calliope
Muse of Poetry
an organ-like instrument that uses steam instead of air
27
nacelle
streamlined housing for something on the outside of an aircraft or vehicle
A "cell" for storage. Though I guess it's like a tumor cell.
28
dessicated
dried out completely
SpongeBob screaming "I NEED IT!"
29
parquet
(pronounced par-KAY)
flooring of wood blocks in a geometric pattern, like herringbone or alternating tiles
30
monomer
one free molecule of a polymer
"Are you poly?" "No, I'm mono"
31
précis
sparknotes of a text or speech
Precisely the meaning of it.
32
cadre
a squad trained for a particular purpose
#cadregoals
33
analgesic
Painkiller
Judas Priest's "Painkiller"
Rob Halford of Judas Priest is gay and old
Rob Halford is an "anal geezer"
34
peripatetic
traveling and working odd jobs for short periods of time
Perry seems pathetic because he can't stay in one place or hold down a job
35
rectilinear
moving in straight, contained lines
"recti-" like contained, like a rectum
"linear" like a line
36
emergence
entities that have properties that parts don't
TOGETHER APE STRONG
37
semiotics
symbology
"Semi", like it's halfway to language
"Otics", like "osis" is a process. The process of how signs and symbols affect us.
38
sclerotic
rigid, unresponsive; petrified
lost the ability to adapt
39
schizoid
aloof & solitary
I listen to 21st Century Schizoid Man when I am stoned and alone
40
impedimenta
expedition equipment that is over-encumbering
41
atavism
a tendency to revert to something ancient
42
scabrous
scabby
scab-like
scab-ish
43
moire
rippled silk
OR
when the sun hits your eye like a big pizza pie
44
pathogen
literally "THE MAKER OF SUFFERING"
45
fascia
connective tissue that glues organs, muscles, and tendons together
46
grippe
the flu (1940s/50s slang)
47
rostrum
the platform for a speech
what you might put a lectern on
a soapbox for dandy little boys
48
houndstooth
tesselated fabric pattern that looks like a bunch of Galaga ships
49
nadir
(pronounced NAY-der)
rock bottom
how people felt voting for Ralph Nader
50
clodhopper
a big shoe
OR
a person with the grace and appeal of a big shoe
51
diffident
shy due to low confidence. SEE: Kendall
I'm not like the other girls, I'm DIFFIDENT
52
roustabout
unskilled laborer
proletariat
53
dross
trash belongs in the fuckin dumpster
54
outlay
price
"Let me get my wallet. What's the outlay of this layout?"
55
hassock
footstool / ottoman
too far west to be a Cossack, so it's an Ottoman / hassock
56
paroxysm
a fit
a sudden attack of emotion
what reality TV producers crave
57
propitious
favorable
likely to succeed
NOT "prosperous" just yet...
58
potentate
autocrat, dictator
"potent" as in powerful
"ate" as in "graduate", as in one who does something
59
votive
an offering to symbolize a vow
wedding rings are votive(s)
60
bailiwick
metaphorical jurisdiction
one's sphere of operations, or area of interest
61
hermeneutical injustice
when a marginalized group does not have the information it would need to flourish as non-marginalized groups do.
"I wish I had known about ADHD."
hermeneutics is the theory of interpretation. Hermes delivers messages, which you need to decode with your NEUTICS. (what)
62
recondite
obscure, esoteric
You have to do RECON on dat word?
the word "recondite" is recondite
63
orotund
vocally large and imposing
strong, full-toned, rich
George Ezra
64
stultifying
stifling excitement
impeding fun
65
venality
a vice of being bribeable
corruption.
66
hamartia
a fatal flaw, in the Greek Tragedy sense
67
univalent
unpaired, singleton (in meiosis, usually)
NOT COvalent, but UNIvalent
68
numinous
giving divinity vibes
69
inimical
harmful, obstructive
Likely to make an INIMY of someone?
SEE: G.O.P.
70
febrile
feverish
OR
"hotly" excited
71
iniquitous
unfair and immoral
unjust in both senses of the word
It's so unfair that Anna Quit Us
72
propitiate
win / regain favor by doing something that pleases someone else.
SEE: simp
73
insouciant
indifferent
74
vesper
evening prayer
NOT "vespa" which is Italian for "wasp" and is a kind of scooter
75
postern
side entrance
like a "posterior" entrance
76
goiter
dummy thicc thyroid, usually from iodine deficiency
77
hansom
two-wheeled, two-seater horse carriage
the Smart Car of the 1800s
78
penumbral
related to the soft outline of a shadow
Think: the PErimiter of aN UMBRella.
79
frippery
ornamentation that is audacious, useless
80
gibbet
a gallows
basically the opposite of how whimsical the word "gibbet" sounds
81
lacuna
a gap, an unfilled space
The Lacuna in Eternal Sunshine leaves gaps in it's client's memories
82
stevedore
a person who loads and unloads cargo. Kinda like a baggage handler / "ramper"
83
teamster
truck driver / driver of a team of animals
84
filigree
fine wires (often silver / gold) in delicate tracery or wirework
fancy name for fancy shit
85
provenance
place of origin / earliest known history
86
antediluvian
before the biblical flood
87
paean
a song of praise / triumph
if "LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO" was a song
88
talus
the ankle bone
OR
a slope of rocks at the base of a cliff
89
rincon
a secluded piece of land
(e.g. in a valley or river bend)
a good place to hide collectibles
90
sipe
a groove in a tire to improve grip.
Think: Wesley Sipes has groovy attire.
91
sobriquet
a given nickname, descriptive in nature
e.g. Philadelphia - The City that Bombed Itself
92
fricatrice
(frik-a-tris)
a lewd woman, specifically a female homosexual
93
gambeson
a padded, defensive jacket for knights or other swordspeople
If you made a moving blanket into a shirt
94
skein (pronounced SKĀN)
a tangle, especially of thread or yarn
95
belfry
the place in a tower where a bell is hung & displayed
96
garret
An attic room, usually small or dismal
97
jejune
simplistic, superficial
Something you might buy to make "je" feel more "jeune"?
98
salubrious
health-giving, "healthy" in the sense that it's "good for you"
99
stochastic
randomly determined
100
satrap
a governor in the ancient Persian empire
101
Carillon
A set of bells played by a keyboard or player piano roll.
102
canard
An unfounded rumor or story (French for "duck"... those that believe in canards are quacks?)
103
Dotage
A stage in life when you're old and weak. You need to be DOTED on.
104
quotidian
occurs every day, daily
you have to do it every DIA to meet your QUOTA?
105
miscegenation
a racist concept that means sex or marriage between people who are considered different races ("miscere" is to mix, "genus" is race)
106
moribund
close to death, but not quite there. Edging but for le Grand Mort.
You are MORgue-BoUND
107
bildungsroman
a novel about someone's formative years / spiritual education
Bill learned a lot when he dunged Roman
108
sybaritic
self-indulgent
