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Question 1

durance

Answer 1

imprisonment

He was released from durance vile at The Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT) .

Question 2

ignominy

IG noh minny

Answer 2

public disgrace

I retired from Medicine in ignominy.

Question 3

escutcheon

Answer 3

the decorative and functional plate around a pipe’s emergence from a wall

The escutcheon kept the dry wall dust from entering the house.

Question 4

indolence

Answer 4

habitual laziness

Why are teenagers so often creatures of indolence?

Question 5

lodestar

Answer 5

the guiding light

In its nascence, I was the lodestar of Pepex.

Question 6

wanderlust

Answer 6

an innate desire to travel far from home

Throughout my life I have always had wanderlust.

Question 7

leitmotif

Answer 7

Beethoven’s Fifth four note leitmotif is immediately recognizable.

Question 8

iconoclast

Answer 8

one who actively destroys cherished beliefs

Trump is a governmental iconoclast.

Question 9

sententious

Answer 9

excessively moralizing and preachy

Oftentimes I find the TV Series Yellowstone overly sententious.

Question 10

paregmenon

Answer 10

the juxtaposition of words with a common root

Jane Austen’s book title “Sense and Sensibility “ is a classic example of a paregmenon.

Question 11

volitionless

Answer 11

the lack of will to do anything

After her husband’s death she became volitionless.

Question 12

garrulity

Answer 12

excessive talkativeness

Interrupting her garrulity he screamed “please shut the fuck up”…and mirabile dictu …she did.

Question 13

hobbledehoy

Answer 13

an awkward clumsy youth

Henry was a hobbledehoy.

Question 14

provincial

Answer 14

simple and unsophisticated in manner

Henry Sutpen was a provincial hobbledehoy.

Question 15

intractable

Answer 15

not easily controlled

Trump is very intractable.

Question 16

a posteriori

Answer 16

a conclusion arrived at through a set of prior observations or experiences

Pfizer claimed falsely that the CoVid vaccine trials a posteriori demonstrated their safety and efficacy.

Question 17

anabasis

Answer 17

an invasion of a country’s interior from the coast

While an amphibious landing of China onto the coast of Taiwan is possible, the following anabasis by China into Taiwan proper is not.

Question 18

terpsichorean

Answer 18

related to dancing

Amy’s and my terpsichorean skills are simply nonexistent.

Question 19

tete-a-tete

Answer 19

a face to face meeting

A tete-a-tete is needed immediately between Putin and Trump.

Question 20

abjured

Answer 20

to formally renounce and shun

Henry Sutpen formally abjured his Father and renounced his birthright.

Question 21

surcease

noun or verb

Answer 21

as a noun, a coming to an end

I have always hoped for a surcease from my nightmares.

Question 22

to gull

Answer 22

to deceive or trick

Hiding the tryst, she gulled her Mother into believing she was sleeping at her friend’s house.

Question 23

concupiscent

Answer 23

lustful

The concupiscent need to repent.

Question 24

mutatis mutandis

Answer 24

the necessary changes having been made

Given the recent Judicial mutatis mutandis Trump can now proceed with his plans.

Question 25

clarion

Answer 25

clear and shrill The teenager groaned at the clarion call of the alarm clock set to 10am.

Question 26

velleity

Answer 26

volition in its weakest form, a mere wish but no further His desire to climb Everest is a mere velleity.

Question 27

irenic

Answer 27

something that promotes peace Germans hoped that the new Weimar Republic would be irenic and lead to a prosperous era for all.

Question 28

latent

Answer 28

present but not visible Democratic hatred is no longer latent.

Question 29

tryst

Answer 29

a secret appointment amongst lovers Romeo and Juliet planned their tryst for the next eve.

Question 30

durance

Answer 30

imprisonment He was released from durance vile at The Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT) .