Ze Flashcards

(31 cards)

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furtive

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stealthy

K. was casting furtive glances my way.

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fustian

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inflated words or writing

Fustian writing cannot hide a poor theme.

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bowdlerize

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to remove or expurgate parts of writing considered salacious

Thomas Bowdler , believe it or not,bowdlerized Shakespeare.

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machismo

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manliness

When did pink-shirted-little-shitty-dog-walking dweebs become the epitome of machismo.

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hoi polloi

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the dumb masses

Well its official!! The hoi-polloi outsmarted the even dumber soi-disant “brilliant liberals.”

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insular

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isolated from outside influences

Biden proved that an insular Presidency is really a Tyranny.

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divulgate

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to make publicly known, to divulge

Trump divulgated 80,000 JFK files.

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entelechy

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the realization

The rebuilt St. Peters in Big Pine was the entelechy of 4 years of very hard labor and fundraising.

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delitescent

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hidden but with potential reemergence
latin delitescere = to lurk

Michael’s talents are many and delitescent.

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habiliment

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clothing

Winter habiliment is recommended in Alaska throughout the seasons.

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intenerate

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to soften

To intenerate wool fibers soak them in vinegar.

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invidious

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designed to create ill will

In 1919, the pissed off Allies forced the invidious Treaty of Versailles down the Germans throats.

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libertine

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one who is morally dissolute

Hunter is a libertine.

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hew

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to cling tightly to someone or something

The newborn chimp hewed to its Mother.

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malleable

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open to change

One grows spiritually by being malleable and penitent when you make a mistake.

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arrant

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out and out bad, truly bad, egregiously bad

The arrant behavior of Hillary Clinton is coming into the light of truth. She is indeed satanically evil.

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Kierkagardian

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characterized by existentialism themes of individual strength and free will in a meaningless amoral universe

Hey Lele! Show me a happy Kierkagardian.

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chimera

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an idea or thing that is unusually impractical and usually romantic

Romeo’s chimera is Juliet.

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Carthusian

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Unless we tame the IRS quickly we will all be as poor as Carthusian monks.

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macarism

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happiness through virtue

Catholicism does have the facet of macarism in its tenets.

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a nebbish

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A pitifully inadequate person

George Castanza was the quintessential nebbish.

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amphigory

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a meaningless and nonsensical piece of writing

Unfortunately her AP Essay on Voltaire devolved into an amphigory.

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doctrinaire

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dogmatic and unaccepting of other views

The doctrinaire lecture by the Professor did not inspire a later student discussion.

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psaphonic

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plotting ones rise to fame

Hitler was always psaphonic.

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tumbril
a vehicle used to take the condemned to a place of execution Trump is in power and the tumbrils are full.
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tropism
an innate manner of reacting The Liberal’s hackneyed tropism is “Trump bad”. But they do not understand that we no longer give a shit about them.
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hackneyed
origin=London village known for drudgery horses def= overused and tiresome The liberal’s hackneyed phrase of “Trump bad” just isn’t believable anymore.
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impleached
entwined or entangled The fish became impleached in the Man of War’s long tentacles.
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deonerate
to unburden oneself I deonerate every Sunday to Father Filiare.
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bangio
A brothel Bangios preponderate in West Texas near Odessa.
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rectopathic
butt hurt=easily emotionally hurt Liberals are extremely rectopathic.