Deck B Flashcards
metonymy
Using a phrase to represent something else
“The Big Guy“ in Hunter’s email is a metonymy for President Biden.
mugwump
A Republican by name only who supports democratic causes
John McCain was a mugwump.
charientism
a gracefully veiled insult
Nile’s charientism “I will try to defer to your shellfish demands.” was brilliant.
desultory
skipping around, aimless or random
Biden’s desultory manner is a hallmark of dementia.
pleonastic
redundancy
A pleonastic example is “the man he said boo,” should read “ the man said boo.”
callomania
characterized by a woman under the illusion she us beautiful
Hollywood abounds in callomania.
excerebrose
having no brain
Pelosi is excerebrose.
hebetude
mental dullness
Biden’s hebetude as he chews his cud is on display to the world.
animateur
A teacher who puts life into a subject
Father Gaglia was an animateur.
jolie-laide
unusual looking but kind of pretty
Ellana was jolie-laide.
hesternal
of yesterday
I fondly recall my hesternal body surfing days with Kevin.
amatory
having to do with sexual love
She spurned his amatory advances.
aphilophrenia
a sudden feeling you are not loved
Biden is suffering from aphilophrenia.
testudinate
tortoise like
The testudinate traffic in miami is soul-crushing.
Gibralter
a stronghold
She is his Gibralter.
bated
reduced in force
The bated gale allowed the sailboat to survive.
wainscoting
wood paneling
The wainscoting is beautiful.
Kilkenny Cats
a fight to the bitter end and no one is left
The coming war with China will be one of Kilkenny Cats.
gadfly
one who persistently annoys
Mom in her senility and confusion has become a gadfly.
argonaut
a bold and daring sailor
Before GPS sailors were true argonauts.
anfractuous
winding and gyrating
He was crazy in love with the pelvically anfractuous Mildred S. Bonk.
hobbledehoy
a gangly awkward youth
Who would have foreseen she would marry that hobbledehoy.
cyprian
characteristic of a lewd woman or prostitute
I found her cyprian ways unattractive.
epistolary
characterized by writing letters to one another
I always dreamed if an epistolary relationship with WF Buckley.
quixotic
not sensible about practical matters
Oft my quixotic nature led me astray and into penury.
sciolist
a pretender to knowledge
Fauci sounds authoritative but is actually a sciolist.
venal
able to be bribed
Both Biden and his Son are venal.
pronkened
moved majestically
Q pronkened about the dressage arena.
impudicity
shamelessness
Hunter Biden’s impudicity is beyond words.
deipnosophy
learned conversation
The deipnosophy that Dennison and I had at Salute on the beach was always enjoyable.
abderianism
incessant idiotic laughter
Kamala’s abderianism is really inappropriate.
insouciance
unconcern, uncaring about consequences
The murderer’s insouciance about his crime appalled the jury.
bratticing
wooden boarding erected to partition off a dangerous area
Bratticing was erected around the condemned house.
perfidy
unfaithfulness, treachery
Keegan’s perfidy is a marriage breaker.
esplanade
a long flat stretch of shoreline
The esplanade at Bahia Honda is one of the best in the USA.
diabob
an object of amateur art
Why do Hunter’s diabobs sell only to CCP members? Duh!
hircine
smelling like a goat, uriniferous
Although Adonis-like in appearance, his hircine odor was a buzz kill.
animadversions
very harsh criticisms
Even CNN is leveling blasts of animadversions at the White House.
estivate
to pass summer in a dormant state
The teen ideal is to estivate with their video games.
mensche
a decent upright person
I am a mensche.
Rabelraisian
coarsely humorous
I am not fon of Bala’s Rabelraisian jokes.
insular
isolated like an island
Because of the bad news coverage he became insular.
brimborion
a useless thing
Truck drivers, saddled with a brimborion, compensate with big wheels and elevated trucks.
minuend and subtrahend
12- 4=8
Twelve is the minuend and the subtrahend “behind” it is four.
cacoethes
an uncontrolable desire to do something bad, or a bad habit
His cacoethes is stress eating.
palmary
a prize worthy accomplishment or event
Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was a palmary literally.
deliciate
to reward oneself
Given my successful weight loss, i will deliciate myself Friday with a cheese pizza.
agathist
a philosophical optimist
Agathists just shrug at the shrillings of Global Warmers.
sententious
moralizing and pompous
As the screechy sententious little bitch wagged her finger at me , I yawned a cavernous and sincere yawn.
uxorious
doting excessively on ones wife
One cannot help but wonder if Brad is a bit too uxorious for Jaclyn.
opine
to give an opinion
Many opine , but few are knowledgeable.
gerontolagnia
strong sexual desire in an older man
The protagonist in Lolita suffers from gerontolagnia.
quaquaversal adj
characterized by a declivity in every direction
The quaquaversal peak of Half Dome was dizzying and dangerous.
sophistry
arguing deceitfully
Blaming gas prices on Putin is sophistry.
vainglorious
conceited
The vainglorious Aaron Rodgers was handed a stunning defeat by the rookie from Cincinnati.
ceteris paribus adv. setteris par ee boose
if all other things remain the same
Ceteris paribus, the current political clime favors a Democratic demolition.
scopophilia
the sexual stimulation experienced by a peeping tom
The scopohilic sign at Blue Haven states “Showers 1$, peeks 5$.”
discerp
to tear to shreds
I watched in amazement as the toddler discerped an entire roast chicken… Versed…obviously a good sedative to use.
internecine
inter knee sign
The internecine violence amongst BLM members is consistent with their belluine tendencies.
bruited
brew eed
to spread news of rumours
“The Queen is dead!” bruited about Parliment.
natable
able to float
My natable BMI is an advantage when I swim.
diathyramb
a hymn to Bacchus
The wild Miami Spring Breakers sang out their diathyrambs in praise of Bacchus.
syntomy
conciseness in speech
Dennison’s syntomy was legendary.
callow
lacking in adult sophistication and judgement
Even as a child, Travis was never callow.
upbraid
to censure or find fault with
We need to upbraid Ilhan Omar for her anti-Semitism.
tendentious
trying to promote a particular politic and not unbiased
MSM is so tendentious that one does not know the truth anymore.
soss
an interjection to call the pigs on a farm to meals
Hey Honey, could you soss the children for dinner?
longanimous
long gan eh mus
characterised by silent and patient suffering
Job was longanimous.
inveterate
confirmed in habit
Schumer is an inveterate liar.
Bucentaur
the luxury barge of the doges of Venice
Hilary, and her lover, returned to her Bucentaur on the Riviera.
cocinnity
a harmonius arrangement
The concinnity of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony will never be outdone.
calumny
slander
They heaped calumny about my feet.
neoteny
knee aught ten knee
keeping an ancestral feature
The neoteny of the broad flat nose of Africans has passed down through eons.
nullibicity
the state of being nowhere
I survived the nullibicity of Nebraska.
irascible
easily angered
Everyone is so irascible nowadays.
ben trovato
well made up even if untrue
As with all reminicences, they tend to be ben trovato.
caballine
horselike
Her caballine face is ugly.
lipper
a slight ruffling of the sea
The sun coruscated off the lipper.
drizzen
a mournful wail of a lazy person being forced to work
The predictable teenage drizzen followed my command, “Do your homework damnit!”
abatjour
a structure in a building that brings in more light
I am placing an abatjour, a skylight in my house.
blandishments
excessive compliments to curry favor
The Russian Colonel’s blandishments of Putin did not succeed in getting him promoted.
logy
low gee
sluggish
My precaffienated logy ain’t pretty.
boiserie
carved wood paneling
Psi Upsilon’s mahogany boiserie was spectacular.
calefacient
a warming ointment
The strong calefacient odor of Bengay permeated the loser’s locker room.
