Zm Flashcards

(22 cards)

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acidulous

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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 .

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acumen

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keen perception

Travis’ geopolitical acumen is remarkable.

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adamatine

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inflexible, unyielding

Recently , the adamantine Putin met with the adamatine Zelensky at the Trump Peace Talks, and decided to continue their adamantine mutual hatred.

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icterine

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yellow in color

The icterine Leaf Fish blended in with its favorite coral.

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ideogeny

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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!

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ideologues

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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?

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quincunx

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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.

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quintessential

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the perfect manifestation of a characteristic

Lak’s is the quintessential Pediatric Heart Surgeon.

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quisling

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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.

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adducing

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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.

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ad hominem

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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.

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ad libitum

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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.

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impasto

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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.

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impavid

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unafraid, fearless

Only with Jesus can one truly remain impavid in the face of death.

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impecunious

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literally = without cattle, meaning = impoverished

Ironically the Chicken farmer, although not impecunious, is indeed impecu.

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quixotic

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impractically romantic and chivalrous

I know its no longer favored , but I enjoy being quixotic.

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quondam

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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.

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quotidian

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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.

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soothfast

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truthful and honest

The Judge in her verdict towards me, showed leniency based upon my soothfast statements.

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equiponderate

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to balance something out

The bit of humor injected by Trump, did equiponderate the overall seriousness of the situation.

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tutelary

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a guardian or keeper

Penny, at 150 lbs. of muscular canine, is the ultimate tutelary for the family.

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smeke

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to be too excessive with ones flattery

The Democrats smeked Biden with glowing praise despite his blank stare emanating from a cardboard brain.