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abbatoir

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slaughterhouse

The Jews were led to the abattoir.

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bandinage

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light banter

The bandinage of couples in love filled the Little Italian Restaurant.

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cacoethes

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an uncontrollable desire

The little boy’s cacoethes caused him to spend his last shiny quarter on the sweet.

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ebberman

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a person who fishes under or on a bridge

Ebbermen love the Bow Channel Bridge.

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factotum

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a jack of all trades

Tim Cox is a factotum.

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gable

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the triangular wall at the ends of houses with vee shaped roofs

Ann lives there in the green gabled house.

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hamble

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to mutilate and cripple

CRT is hambling our youth.

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aberrant

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differing from the norm

Unfortunately, the fractious behavior of blacks is not aberrant but typical.

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banal

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lacking originality

The banal Democratic messaging will cost them this election.

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cadre

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a core group of people

Putin is surrounded by a cadre of sycophants.

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ebriection

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mental collapse following binge drinking

Fraternities must avoid the ebriection of its pledges or face legal consequences.

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fain

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happily

I would fain assist you in that task, but I am leaving tomorrow.

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gadabout

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one only interested in having fun

He is such a gadabout that he will never graduate from High School.

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Hesperus

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the Greek god of Venus as the evening star

Hesperus is in the west today.

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imprecation

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a curse

He muttered the imprecation to himself as Biden passed.

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ab initio

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from the beginning

I will restart my weight loss program ab initio.

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banausic

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uninspired or ordinary

The banausic Beckman offices remind one of the 1960’s.

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beleaguered

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hemmed in by an enemy

The beleaguered Russian troops in the Donbas region surrendered today.

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caeteris paribus

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adverb= if all relevant things remain the same

Caeteris Paribus with respect to the Russo-Ukraine war, Russia will eventually win.

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ebullient

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wildly enthusiastic

In the beginning, I was ebullient about Pepex. Now I am apathetic about it.

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fallible

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capable of screwing up

Biden is multifariously fallible.

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galliard

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happy and lively

Depression has destroyed his usual galliard mood.

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heugh

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a steep sided valley = scottish

The heugh of Yosemite is spectacular.

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inamorata

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a female lover

He kept his inamorata in a penthouse Downtown.

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abominate

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to loathe

I abominate liberal policies and politicians.

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beatific

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radiant

The children’s smiles were beatific.

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callow

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lacking in adult experience

The callow recruits of Flanders quickly became mentally tortured men.

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ecclisiolatry

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excessive worship of church and their teachings

Amy’s religious enthusiasm borders on ecclisiolatry.

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fanfaronade

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boasting

Ali was the greatest, not only at boxing but fanfaronade.

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gamine

gam mean

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a tom boy of a girl

The gamine Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird is the narrator.

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barcarolle

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a gondolier song

Floating down The Grand Canal we were serenaded with a barcarolle.

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sempiternal

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everlasting

Our love is sempiternal.

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tombola

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a crank handled ball cage filled with lottery numbers

The tombola spit out the winning number.

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andynaton

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an impossible figure of speech

“When pigs fly.” is an adynaton.

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phrontistery

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a secluded thinking place
I heard a sneeze from the phrontistery of the Graduate Stacks, and new Niles was there.

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ex nihilo

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out of nothing

It seems the Universe arose ex nihilo.

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accession

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adding something to ones prestige, an acquisition

The Museum’s accession of the King Tut exhibit this year is a huge coup for the Trustees.

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belletrism

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the writing of belles lettres

The belletrism of letters from the 19th Century places shame upon the text messages of today.

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calumny

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slander

They heaped calumny about my feet.

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ecdemic

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a disease whose origin is from afar

CoVid is ecdemic and is from a Chinese Biolab.

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fantod

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being nervous

He had the flying fantods about his interview tomorrow.

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fanion

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small red surveying flags

The fanions waved in the field where the new road was planned.

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gardyloo

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a warning shout by a person about to empty a chamber pot from the second floor

Unfortunately he ignored the gardyloo.

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sitzfleisch

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the power to endure

I had the sitzfleisch to swim 6 miles per day for 15 years.

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burgher

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a wealthy bourgeoisie citizen of a European town

Burghers of the Keys are called Conchs.

46
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stemwinder

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a rousing speech

The Best Man at the wedding gave a real stemwinder.

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acerbic

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bitingly ironic

WFB was always acerbic in the Yale Gazette.

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acidulous

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harsh

Calling her a “fat cow” was a bit too acidulous for a Thanksgiving get together.

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beneficence

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an act of kindness

The food bank is a beneficence.

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canard

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a groundless rumor

The North Korean Cease Fire that excited the 4077th was a canard.

51
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ecdysiast

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a stripper

“Class… tomorrow we will be entertained by a Transvestite ecdysiast. Isn’t that wonderful?”

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farcical

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laughably inept

Farcical Biden, wandering aimlessly around the stage, wondered where the Easter Bunny went.

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garrulity

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the habit of talking too much

I find Hannity’s garrulity, and talking over his guests, irritating.

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converzasione

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a meeting to discuss literature or the arts

I will jump into boiling oil before entering a converzasione of Oprah’s Tendentious Book Club, where Tony Morrison is esteemed over Tolstoy.

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exigency

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a situation requiring urgent attention

The exigency of Peace Negotiations in the current RussoUkraine War, has never been more urgent than now.

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maunder

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to ramble on in one’s speech

Biden just slobberingly maunders into the mic. Wow what a great President you liberals elected. Good work!

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vulpine

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fox like

Iago’s vulpine guile fooled Othello.

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acumen

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keenness of perception

His acumen that their marriage was in trouble was correct.

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Benthamite

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one who believes morality is determined by utility

Benthamite’s believe in euthanasia.

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candor

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directness of expression

Democrats lack candor and verisimilitude.

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eclaircise

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to clarify

Trump needs to eclaircise his intentions about 2024.

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farctate

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stuffed full of something

Norman Bates office was farctate with stuffed dead animals…yikes!!

63
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gelastic

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relating to laughter

With less stress, I have rediscovered my gelastic nature.

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autoptic

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to personally witnessed with ones own eyes

I have never had an autoptic UFO experience.

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operose

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involving much industry and effort

The operose effort for Noem Arabia will be incredible.

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georgic

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pastoral

The home had a georgic feel with a horse and buggy in the garage.

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apercu

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an illuminating comment

Orwell’s apercu that the further society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it, is very true.

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anaphora

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repetitive phrase in a speech

“I have a dream” is the classic anaphora.

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lissome

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thin and graceful

The lissome ballerina enraptured the audience.

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