Zc Flashcards

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barratry

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the crime of frivolous law suits

Judge Merchan is guilty of barratry, and lawfare against Trump.

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cataclysm

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a disaster causing a violent upheaval

The Military Industrial Complex and Three Letter Assinine Agencies are planning a nuclear cataclysm to retain power.

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byzantine

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overly complex

Tax law is byzantine and needs to be eliminated and replaced by a simple system.

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ambient

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completely surrounding

The ambient flood waters forced the family onto their roof.

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ad rem

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to the point latin

The ad rem response to the complex question was appreciated.

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a pod of….

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seals

A pod of seals lolled on the ice floe, enticing the ravenous pod of Orcas.

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dromedary and bactrian camels

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dromedary =one hump
bactrian -two humps

Dromedaries are native to Arabia while Bactrian Camels are native to the Steppes of Central Asia.

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resipiscence

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the state of knowing you did wrong and being repentant

I suffer from resiicence.

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a schismatic

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one who foments disunion and chaos

Soros is a schismatic.

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colluctation
noun

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a collective struggle

The Black colluctation was led by Martin Luther King.

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imprimis
adverb

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firstly

Following his coronation, imprimis Henry V wanted to reestablish law and order throughout the Kingdom.

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epicure

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one with refined taste in food and wine

David was a true epicure.

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inure
verb with object

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to become accustomed to hardship
Living in Alaska he became inured to the cold.

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to inure
verb without a following object

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to take effect

The political change will inure on January 20th.

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panacea

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a cure-all

The government is foisting vaccines panaceas for any ill.

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burin

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a sharply pointed steel engraver’s tool

The lessons of that siege were engraved into Henry’s mind by the burin of failure.

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hortatory

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a rousing speech used to incite action

The Major at Gallipoli gave a hortatory against the Turks before
“going over.”

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irridentism

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a strong desire to regain lost territory or culture

Putin’s irridentism is insatiable.

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acculturation

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adapting to oneself another’s culture

Unlike German, Italian, or Irish US emigres, Islamists violently refuse acculturation.

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contumacious

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obstinately disobedient

Many two-year-old boys are contumacious .

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sans-culottes

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“without knee breeches” a term of contempt given by French Aristocrats to the plebian Revolutionaries

Insulted by day, the “Sans-Culottes” oiled their guillotines by night.

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animadvert

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to comment unfavorably upon someone or something

Despite embarrassingly being shown as the trivial view, Liberals continue to animadvert The MAGA party.

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riant

A

laughing

Santa’s coal besmirched riant face poked out of the flue.

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quicksilver (adj)

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rapidly unpredictable and changeable

Thomas is as always quicksilver.

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brio
vigor Even at 80 he showed remarkable brio.
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implacably adverb
not capable of being placated, or appeased The enemy attacked implacably. She cried implacably.
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railed
bitter denunciation , to curse Job NEVER railed against God.
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ruefully
looking in a mournful way The losing team sat ruefully on the bench.
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insouciance
lack of care or concern With his arm resting outside his overly large and loud truck window, the tiny dip-shit feigned insouciance.
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abrogate
to abolish by official action Unless Trump’s demands of Europe are met, he should abrogate the US treaty with NATO.
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conflate
to fuse into one entity It is easy, but unfair, to conflate all immigrants as criminals.
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assiduously
diligently and persistently I worked assiduously to get into Medical School.
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sinecure
a cushy prestigious job Vivek and Musk will eliminate all sinecures in the Federal Government.
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mendacious
untruthful Mayorkas is a mendacious meacock.
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meacock
an effeminate coward Mayorkas is a mendacious meacock.
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pleionosis
an exaggerated sense of one’s importance Whoopi’s pleionosis is obvious to all. No one gives a shit about what she thinks.
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shambolic
completely disorganized and chaotic The shambolic Federal Government needs an overhaul.
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belatedly
occurring later than expected Reinforcement arrived belatedly.