Zm Flashcards
(22 cards)
acidulous
adj caustic or biting in quality
I’m just saying, that calling her a fat cow was perhaps a tad too acidulous on a first date .
acumen
keen perception
Travis’ geopolitical acumen is remarkable.
adamatine
inflexible, unyielding
Recently , the adamantine Putin met with the adamatine Zelensky at the Trump Peace Talks, and decided to continue their adamantine mutual hatred.
icterine
yellow in color
The icterine Leaf Fish blended in with its favorite coral.
ideogeny
the study of idea origins
I am in completely dumbstruck as to the ideogeny of Men in Women’s sports. For Pete’s sake grow a pair would you please!
ideologues
narrow minded dumb shits who adamantly cling to bullshit values
Ah yes. Where would civilization be without Kalifornia Karen ideologues spewing dumb ass liberal ?
ideas between vegan meals and feeding steak to their Frenchies?
quincunx
the geometric arrangement of five objects like the pips on the die face of the number five
Obsessed with his five superbowl victories he arranged all his topiaries, all his pools, and all his girlfriends in a quincunx pattern.
quintessential
the perfect manifestation of a characteristic
Lak’s is the quintessential Pediatric Heart Surgeon.
quisling
a treacherous traitor
Vidkun Quisling aided the Nazi’s in their invasion of Norway, and was rewarded with its Puppet Presidency under their occupation. It seems though that in 1945 he had an allergy to Norwegian bullets.
adducing
presenting up supporting arguments , or evidence
At the Cosmology Conference, Roger Penrose was criticized by some scientists for proposing Conformal Cyclical Cosmology without adducing enough substantiative
evidence.
ad hominem
to attack an opponent’s character rather than his position
Ad hominem attacks are the lazy standard to which vying politicians have now debased themselves.
ad libitum
in accordance with one’s wishes
Ad libitum, his corpse was set upon a Viking boat that was set aflame and pushed out to Sea to the strains of Inna Gadda Davida.
impasto
paint thickly applied to a canvas with a palette knife
By 1887 Van Gogh moved away from his signature impasto technique to one of Pointillism.
impavid
unafraid, fearless
Only with Jesus can one truly remain impavid in the face of death.
impecunious
literally = without cattle, meaning = impoverished
Ironically the Chicken farmer, although not impecunious, is indeed impecu.
quixotic
impractically romantic and chivalrous
I know its no longer favored , but I enjoy being quixotic.
quondam
former, occurring at an earlier time
I ran into my quondam Med School roommate, Doug, and we reminisced all night long over eight Whiskey Sours.
quotidian
occurring daily , mundane
Oft we hurry along with quotidian insect-like busyness, never asking what is the true purpose of our existence. It is to know that there is a God responsible for the beauty that around us lies. And to love and help one another, today, to realize this ineffable grace.
soothfast
truthful and honest
The Judge in her verdict towards me, showed leniency based upon my soothfast statements.
equiponderate
to balance something out
The bit of humor injected by Trump, did equiponderate the overall seriousness of the situation.
tutelary
a guardian or keeper
Penny, at 150 lbs. of muscular canine, is the ultimate tutelary for the family.
smeke
to be too excessive with ones flattery
The Democrats smeked Biden with glowing praise despite his blank stare emanating from a cardboard brain.