Zn Flashcards
(12 cards)
polemics
heated argumentation
The Presidential debate stage erupted in polemics.
errantry
peripatetic chivalry
The errantry of Doctors Without Borders has saved millions of lives.
ad rem
pertinent to the issue at hand
His upbringing in MS13 is ad rem to this crime.
adulator
an excessive fawner
Gobels was an adulator of Hitler and became his right hand assistant.
adumbrate
foreshadow, sketch out
The 4.6 % decline of the Dow on Friday October 16 , 1987 adumbrated the subsequent 22% loss on the following Black Monday.
idiomorphic
having a unique characteristic shape
The Banyan Tree’s idiomorphic roots make it easily identifiable.
idioticon
a highly technical glossary
He stared at the idiotcon of his new, advanced QM Textbook required for his upcoming class , and understood nothing.
ignavia
idleness, slothfulness
His Super Power was rare, polished and practiced, ignavia maximus.
raconteur
a teller of tales and anecdotes
The raconteur Hesiod in 700BC Greece, told stories with morales.
raison d’être
the reason for being
A life of revenge is a terrible raison d’être.
randy
sexually excited
Randy, the randy rabbit, ran rabidly around her. Whew!
spuddle
to attend rabidly to trivial matters as though they were of utmost importance
Who spuddled alongside the muddy river practicing different ways of washing his nostrils before setting upon a plain ol’ good pick as sufficient ?
