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morganatic

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an unequal marriage of a wealthy man and a poor woman who gains no material or social compensation

Cinderella is anti-morganatic.

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booboise

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the stupid boob class of people, acc Mencken the working middle class

The democrats always pander to the booboise for votes.

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impute

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to attribute malevolent views or motives to someone

Don’t you dare impute the unvaccinated as the cause of all your problems.

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hummock

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a fertile hilly area above a marsh

Always build home on the hummock, and not in the marsh.

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bordrage

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a raid, a hostile border incursion

The Russian bordrage of the Crimean peninsula needs to be repulsed.

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margaric

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pearly

Margret is margaric.

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wanderlust

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an insatiable desire to travel

After 15 years of every other night on call I was stricken with wanderlust.

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Shiite

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Shiite’s believe Mohammed’s son in law Ali was the rightful successor.

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thaumaturgist

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a miracle worker

Are you kidding? I am not a thaumaturgist.

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immure

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to enclose in walls

Edward V was immured in the Tower of London by Henry VIII.

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gratuitous

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unwanted and unrequested

Your gratuitous advice not to marry Amy is unheeded.

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boreas

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a cold north wind

It was a boreas that chilled and killed my beautiful Annabel Lee.

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mollynogging

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frequent use of prostitutes

His mollynogging is certainly grounds for divorce.

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waif

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a stray person

The occasional liberal waif will stumble onto the Tucker Carlson hour for an entertaining auto-da-fe.

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Bowdlerized

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to shrink a piece of writing by editing out the titillating bits

Clearly the Ghilsaine Maxwell testimony was Bowdlerized prior to public release.

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Panglossian

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sillily overly optimistic

With respect to conquering covid, Biden is stupidly Panglossian.

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marcescent

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withered and decayed

Jesus took the Leper’s marcescent hand to his lips.

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disport

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to frolic or gambol

The children disport in the Park every sunny afternoon.

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despoiling

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to seriously spoil and ruin

It is a certainty that we are despoiling our planet.

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nonplussed

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confused and unsure how to react

Keegan’s atrocious behavior has left Kate nonplussed.

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Daphnean

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bashful

The Daphnean naiad Daphne tried to escape from Apollo’s advances and was transformed into a laurel tree by her father Peneus the river god.

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monomath

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a person who knows a lot about only one subject

Heisenberg was a brilliant monomath who did not know how to light a fire.

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Brobdingnagian

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giant

Even. three apple pancakes could not sate Kevin’s Brobdingnagian appetite.

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ineffable

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unspeakable due to awe

My joy was ineffable.

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waggish

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mischievous and witty

It was a waggish look at hot pants. What were we thinking?

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importune

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urgent solicitation

The mother importuned the judge to spare her son’s life.

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bosky

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having an abundance of brush and shrubs

The bosky shoreline of the Colorado River precluded fly fishing.

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jactitation

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loud public bragging

Ali’s jactitation was always entertaining.

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bugbear

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a source of irritation

Biden’s bugbear is the unvaccinated.

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vox populi

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the popular voice/ opinion

Defund the Police is the Democratic vox populi.

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myrmidon

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one who obeys an follows without question

The Brown Shirts were Hitler’s myrmidons.

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icarian

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hazardous

I hope you find your way on that icarian path.

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impunity

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exemption from punishment

The Democrat’s pass their asinine and
harmful laws with impunity.

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invidious

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likely to cause ill will

Kate’s invidious choice to not go to Church will hurt Mom.

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oneiric

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dreamlike

Her oneiric beauty tortured him.

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bouleversement

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a reversal

Biden’s Staff is picking up the dog poop from another Biden bouleversement .

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barathrum

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an abyss or hell

Unfit Spartan boys were thrown into the Barathrum.

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claver

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Idle talk or gossip

The claver is a cease fire is at hand.

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bemused

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befuddled

With respect to day to day things Einstein was a bemused.

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casus belli

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an act that must cause one to go to war

The casus belli for England in August 1914 was the invasion of Belgium by Germany.

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contemned

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to treat with contempt

Much to Putins’ surprise, the Ukranians contemned the Russian Army.

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bull

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an authoritative declaration

The Supreme Court handed down the bull declaring abortion illegal.

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voluptuous

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extreme sensory pleasure

The voluptuous banquet sated everyone.

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Scylla

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a rock on the coast of Calabria the toe of Italy, mythological monster near whirlpool Charybdis

Don’t fuck with Scylla.

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mandarin

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an overly ornate and refined writing style

The novel us too mandarin for my taste.

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insulse

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tasteless, latin unsalted

Cauliflower is insulse.

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bourdon

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the lowest bass tone bell or organ stop

The bourdon sounded the death knell.

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natant

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swimming or floating in water

The natant newborn splashed happily in the sink.

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inchoate

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not completely formed

Some say Quantum Theory is inchoate.

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bovarism

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a preoccupation with an unrealistic romanticized version of oneself

“A Camel Harrass” needs to set aside her bovarism. She is not liked, she is not competent, and she will only be elected as Willie Brown’s haetura.

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noetic

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apprehended only through intellect

Complex Mathematical Space is purely noetic.

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telarian

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characterized by web spinning

Jen Psaki is telarian…with her spinning and circling back… maybe she has eight jointed legs and a red hourglass on her butt.

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pharisaical

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hypocritically righteous

The pharisaical unmasked Newsome screamed “Wear a mask Trumper.”

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nitid

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bright and lustrous

The nitid Angel ornament made the Christmas Tree.

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vituperative

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bitter and abusive

Greta von Thurnberg’s vituperative speech to the United Nations, although specious , made the little shit famous.

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bumptious

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arrogant and self assertive

Sebastian Gorka is a bumptious idiot.

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decollate

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decapitate

Did Daddy decollate Debbie’s Daisies?

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incubus and succubus

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male and female demons who sexually assault sleepers

A couple with everything has her and his towels, and an incubus for her and a succubus for him.

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phallocrypsis

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penile shrinkage

George suffered from acute phallocrypsis.

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bellicism

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a war like tendency

Putins’ bellicism will cause World War III.

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Phillistine

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uncultured

Give me those opera tickets you Phillistine.

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buncombe

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empty talk

The Global Conference on Global Warming was a high tide of buncombe.

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longanimity

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the ability to suffer patiently

The longanimity endured by the Jews is without precedent.

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ineluctable

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incapable of being avoided

Their divorce is ineluctable after his mollynogging.

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vitriol

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hatred

The vitriol towards the unvaccinated is unacceptable.

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ortive

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Eastern or rising

His ortive career in Theoretical Physics is exciting.

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defalcation

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misappropriation of funds by an elected official

Hunter Biden and his Father are guilty of defalcation.

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peccable

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liable to sin

All men are peccable and need God’s grace to avert this temptation.

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dern

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a dark hidden secret

He took his dern to his deathbed before confessing to the bank heist.

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brachistochrone

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the optimal geodesic or path to minimize time

Inteflex at-the University of Michigan a brachistochrone to an MD
degree.

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ingannation

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deception or fraud

The Chinese ingannation wrt Covid origins, should cause the Nations of the world to sanction it.

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mundivagant

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characterized by wandering all over the world

Tawny is mundivagant.

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burin

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a sharp pointed steel engraving tool

Only the burin of losing votes will engrave change in a politician.

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demiurge

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the creator of a world

Demiurges abound in pc survivor games.

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nullibicity

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the state of being nowhere

I survived the nullibicity of Nebraska.

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numinous

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spiritually awesome

The angels led me to a numinous mountain.

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punditry

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the expression of authority or expertise in a field

Fauci’s punditry is taken as gospel by the Mainstream Media.

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philocalist

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One who appreciates beauty in all things

Nature photography always stirred the philocalist in me.

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Visigoths

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the destroyers of Rome

It is time to unleash the Visigoths.

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sanctimony

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characterized by a holier than thou attitude

What bothers me the most about Pelosi is her unabashed sanctimony.

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unabashed

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lacking embarrassment

Fauci is unabashed despite being always…and I repeat… always wrong.

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dysphoria

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the state of being unhappy or unwell

Mom’s daily dysphoria, when she has so much, is exhausting.

83
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deliciate

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to to something to make oneself happy

After a shitty week she decided to deliciate a large cheese pizza.

84
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bursary

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menial work done by a college student to defer tuition costs

“Forget bursary” says Biden the Braindead, “all student loans are now forever and ever forgiven” in this Fucking Fairyland. What a stultocrat.

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levant

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to flee ones debtors or a strong eastern Mediterranean wind

I levanted to Canada.

86
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pretermit

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to overlook

Despite the unfavorable divorce, he did not pretermit his paternal responsibilities.

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venerable

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revered or respected

Oxford is the most venerable college in the world.

88
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ingenuous

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inexperienced unworldly

The ingenuous and second Mrs. DeWinter was overwhelmed by Manderlay and Rebecca.

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branes

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multidimensional extensions of manifolds

Brane theory is just starting to be introduced into Cosmology.

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dysania

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difficulty getting out of bed in the morning

Teenage dysania is pandemic.

91
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ephemeromorph

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a form of life so low it defies classification

Pelosi and Schumer are ephemeromorphs.

92
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cacchinator

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one laughs loudly for no reason

A Camel’s Ass Harris is a cacchinator.

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