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Deck D Flashcards

1
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nescience

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lack of knowledge or awareness

The nescience of the Biden administration to the needs of the people borders on criminality.

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lurid

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gruesome

The lurid scenes at Auschwitz can never be forgotten, or they will be repeated.

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pellucid

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easy to understand as it is clearly explained

Quantum Theory is notoriously NOT pellucid.

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venial

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forgivable

Eating a Philly steak on Friday during Lent is a venial sin.

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parisology

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Politicians are fond of parisology to obfuscate there true intentions and to sound intelligent.

the use of ambiguous language

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faux

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Sadly the aging starlet wore a faux pearl necklace.

fake

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fugacious

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fleeting

Fame and beauty are fugacious. Only God’s love is eternal.

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ebrillade

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Katy continually had to ebrillade the disobedient Classy.

the checking and correcting of a horse with a tug on the rein

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charientism

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a veiled insult

Thanks for the book. I shall lose no time in reading it.

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obduracy

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The obduracy of the Biden administration towards reopening our own sources of oil has caused this catastrophe.

the state of being hard or resistant

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sagacity

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Despite his youth, Travis’ sagacity has always amazed me.

wisdom

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dissolute

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Jessie Pinkman led a dissolute life.

ch. by living a wasteful life

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puerile

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The singer’s puerile antics while on stage repulsed her audience causing an exodus from the concert.

childish

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grouse

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Wendy continues to grouse about how hard it is for her to take care of Mom. I therefore will continue to take care of her myself.

to complain

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jejune

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The Green New Deal is jejune and puerile.

empty or incompletely formed

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blandishments

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Most Hollywood Stars are blinded by the blandishments of their fans.

toady compliments to curry favor

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henotic

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Biden was supposed to be henotic, however we have never been more separated than now.

unifying

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soi-disant

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Biden is the soi-disant “Great Unifier” of this country…what a farce.

so called, pretending to be

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aristarch

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a severe critic, Aristarchus criticized Homer

I am an aristarch of Global Warming.

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ambit

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the scope or range of something

The ambit of the Ukraine invasion on the world is yet to be seen.

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munificently

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Mom munificently gave to Animal Charities.

generously, lavishly

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estop

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prohibit, put an end to

I will estop the prodigality.

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winnow

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to separate and obtain the best

Over a period of four years, the University of Michigan winnowed the class of 5000 premeds down to 30 bloodied survivors.

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obstreperous

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stubborn, noisy, resistant

The obstreperous two year old was hastily removed from the Chinese Restaurant.

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gadarene

adj.

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moving in a rushed and uncontrolled fashion

The gadarene MIG smashed into the mountain.

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gainsay

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to deny or dispute

Hunter made no attempt to gainsay his ownership of the lewd laptop.

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clype

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to inform against

Epstein was going to clype Bill Clinton.

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calvary

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an experience of intense mental suffering

Jerusalem was the site of Jesus’ calvary.

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toothsome

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abundant, pleasant

We are living off of Dad’s toothsome legacy.

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implacable

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not able to be appeased or mitigated

The implacable cacophony of Rap music filled our car.

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31
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acerbically

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bitingly sarcastic

The devil said acerbically, “You know until the reversal of Roe v Wade we had a pretty good run.”

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32
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vapid

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lacking intellectual curiosity or intelligence

If you listen closely to Biden, you can here that single, remaining marble rattling around in his vapid skull.

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lumerpa

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a mythical Asian bird that shines so brightly it absorbs its own shadow

The lumerpa of 1000 chandeliers blindingly lit the ballroom.

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culled

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gathered or collected

Facebook secretly culled billions of users personal data for the NSA.

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solecism

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a breach of etiquette or good manners

Jerry Seinfeld’s nose-picking solecism cost him a bellibone.

36
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praxis

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the practical application of theory

The praxis of solely using non-fossil fuels is nowhere near ready.

37
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podiacide

A

the metaphorical act of shooting oneself in the foot, ie a stupid act

The Biden Administration’s podiacide of shutting down all the oil pipelines will plunge us into another Depression.

38
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impassible

A

not capable of feeling emotion or suffering

These impassible mass murderers need to be drawn and quartered.

39
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lethologica

A

the inability to remember a certain name or word

I have always struggled with lethologica.

40
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foursquare

A

firm or resolute

The school board is foursquare in their idiocy to teach sex to third graders.

41
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assoil

A

to absolve from sin

Only in the Confessional can one be truly assoiled.

42
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reify

A

conversion of the abstract into the concrete

I must reify my positional advantage now.

43
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internecine

A

mutually destructive

The internecine Battle of Austerlitz nearly destroyed both the Russians and the French.

44
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abrogate

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to rescind by official decree

The Ukraine-Russia nonaggression pact was abrogated when Russia invaded the Donbas Region.

45
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besotted

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utterly infatuated, or stuporous with drink

He is besotted with Natalie Portman.

46
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meshuga

A

crazy

I will be meshuga shortly.

47
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seigneurial

A

ch. by authority and advanced rank

She could not refuse his seigneurial demands.

48
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impertinent

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insolently rude

13% of the US is impertinent.

49
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insolently

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insultingly

She answered her husband insolently.

50
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tumultuous

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causing a ruckus or problems

Iris was tumultuous.

51
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Sapphists

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lesbians

Come Niles stop chasing these two Sapphists

52
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quicksilver

A

mercurial, quickly changeable

Leo was quicksilver.

53
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atelier

A

a workshop for an artist

He splashed and blew paint bubbles in his atelier.

54
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inveigled

A

tricked into doing something wrong

He inveigled his roommate to lie of his whereabouts that fateful evening.

55
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incurious

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They were mutually incurious and mutually superfluous.

56
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bearded

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The hero bearded the recreant.

to oppose or challenge someone boldly

57
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vitrine

A

a glass cabinet to display china etc

The vitrine crashed onto the floor, splinters of glass flying.

58
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spleen

A

anger, loathing

He was full of spleen.

59
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tittup

tid-epp

A

move with jerky and exaggerated movements

The models walked tittup down the catwalk.

60
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feriation

A

a holiday from work

Everyone is taking feriation nowadays.

61
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ambisinister

A

clumsy with both hands

Buckberg was ambisinister.

62
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philter

A

a love potion

I have not had a date in a year and need a philter.

63
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fustian

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pretentious

Frasier is fustian.

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feckless

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irresponsible, rudderless

He was a feckless child.

65
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simulacrum

A

an insubstantial form

He was a stale simulacrum of his old self.

66
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cabal

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a scheming or plot

There was something between Chrissy and Mom, a new cabal.

67
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sui generis

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in a class by itself

The movie , 2001 was sui generis.

68
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ukase

A

Biden is issuing his ukase on Roe v Wade.

an emperors dictatorial ruling

69
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unconscionable

A

shockingly unfair, without conscience

My treatment in Grand Junction was unconscionable.

70
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mulish

A

stubborn

Lele is a mulish liberal. Liberalism and Biden are destroying innocent people’s and future children’s lives.

71
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inconnu

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an unknown person or thing

I like being an inconnu.

72
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lachrymose

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characterized by profuse crying

I will not watch another lachrymose chick flick.

73
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laconic

A

sparing in words

Father Baker’s Homilies are becoming more laconic than before.

74
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anarchic

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tending towards lawlessness

The anarchic Chicago is a veritable war-zone.

75
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oligopoly

A

control of a market sector by a few large companies

Apple and Microsoft form an oligopoly in personal computing.

76
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maleficence

noun

A

acting in an evil manner

China’s maleficence towards the US should give us pause when currying their favor in trade relations.

77
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temerity

A

unexpected boldness

The Teacher’s temerity in charging into the Shooter’s fusillade saved her class from certain death.

78
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bromides

A

trite sayings or cliches

Kamala Harris loves to repeatedly speak in bromides.

79
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pneumatology

A

the study of ghosts

He majored in drinking and pneumatology.

80
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grimoire

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a book of magic from the 18th Century

The Bishop threw the grimoire into the fire. “You should not dabble in these evil things!“ he shouted.

81
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eudaemonia

A

happiness from a lifetime of fulfilling moral obligations

Eudaemonia is one benefit of being a Priest.

82
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tort-feasor

A

one who is guilty of a wrongful act

The tort-feasor is not only the shooter, but the unresponsive policeman.

83
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coadjutor

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an assistant

Igor, Marty Feldman, is the humped coadjutor of Dr. Frankenstein.

84
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sinecure

A

an inflated job requiring little work

He was awarded the sinecure, not unexpectedly, por lecher le cul.

85
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factotum

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a jack of all trades

I keep Tim Cox on because he is a factotum.

86
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caliginous

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misty and dark and obscure

In the caliginous hall, one beheld floating candelabras.

87
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flaneur

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one who rambles aimlessly

Mom walks three times a day, and is the quintessential flaneur.

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