Deck F Flashcards
abbatoir
slaughterhouse
The Jews were led to the abattoir.
bandinage
light banter
The bandinage of couples in love filled the Little Italian Restaurant.
cacoethes
an uncontrollable desire
The little boy’s cacoethes caused him to spend his last shiny quarter on the sweet.
ebberman
a person who fishes under or on a bridge
Ebbermen love the Bow Channel Bridge.
factotum
a jack of all trades
Tim Cox is a factotum.
gable
the triangular wall at the ends of houses with vee shaped roofs
Ann lives there in the green gabled house.
hamble
to mutilate and cripple
CRT is hambling our youth.
aberrant
differing from the norm
Unfortunately, the fractious behavior of blacks is not aberrant but typical.
banal
lacking originality
The banal Democratic messaging will cost them this election.
cadre
a core group of people
Putin is surrounded by a cadre of sycophants.
ebriection
mental collapse following binge drinking
Fraternities must avoid the ebriection of its pledges or face legal consequences.
fain
happily
I would fain assist you in that task, but I am leaving tomorrow.
gadabout
one only interested in having fun
He is such a gadabout that he will never graduate from High School.
Hesperus
the Greek god of Venus as the evening star
Hesperus is in the west today.
imprecation
a curse
He muttered the imprecation to himself as Biden passed.
ab initio
from the beginning
I will restart my weight loss program ab initio.
banausic
uninspired or ordinary
The banausic Beckman offices remind one of the 1960’s.
beleaguered
hemmed in by an enemy
The beleaguered Russian troops in the Donbas region surrendered today.
caeteris paribus
adverb= if all relevant things remain the same
Caeteris Paribus with respect to the Russo-Ukraine war, Russia will eventually win.
ebullient
wildly enthusiastic
In the beginning, I was ebullient about Pepex. Now I am apathetic about it.
fallible
capable of screwing up
Biden is multifariously fallible.
galliard
happy and lively
Depression has destroyed his usual galliard mood.
heugh
a steep sided valley = scottish
The heugh of Yosemite is spectacular.
inamorata
a female lover
He kept his inamorata in a penthouse Downtown.
abominate
to loathe
I abominate liberal policies and politicians.
beatific
radiant
The children’s smiles were beatific.
callow
lacking in adult experience
The callow recruits of Flanders quickly became mentally tortured men.
ecclisiolatry
excessive worship of church and their teachings
Amy’s religious enthusiasm borders on ecclisiolatry.
fanfaronade
boasting
Ali was the greatest, not only at boxing but fanfaronade.
gamine
gam mean
a tom boy of a girl
The gamine Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird is the narrator.
barcarolle
a gondolier song
Floating down The Grand Canal we were serenaded with a barcarolle.
sempiternal
everlasting
Our love is sempiternal.
tombola
a crank handled ball cage filled with lottery numbers
The tombola spit out the winning number.
andynaton
an impossible figure of speech
“When pigs fly.” is an adynaton.
phrontistery
a secluded thinking place
I heard a sneeze from the phrontistery of the Graduate Stacks, and new Niles was there.
ex nihilo
out of nothing
It seems the Universe arose ex nihilo.
accession
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.
belletrism
the writing of belles lettres
The belletrism of letters from the 19th Century places shame upon the text messages of today.
calumny
slander
They heaped calumny about my feet.
ecdemic
a disease whose origin is from afar
CoVid is ecdemic and is from a Chinese Biolab.
fantod
being nervous
He had the flying fantods about his interview tomorrow.
fanion
small red surveying flags
The fanions waved in the field where the new road was planned.
gardyloo
a warning shout by a person about to empty a chamber pot from the second floor
Unfortunately he ignored the gardyloo.
sitzfleisch
the power to endure
I had the sitzfleisch to swim 6 miles per day for 15 years.
burgher
a wealthy bourgeoisie citizen of a European town
Burghers of the Keys are called Conchs.
stemwinder
a rousing speech
The Best Man at the wedding gave a real stemwinder.
acerbic
bitingly ironic
WFB was always acerbic in the Yale Gazette.
acidulous
harsh
Calling her a “fat cow” was a bit too acidulous for a Thanksgiving get together.
beneficence
an act of kindness
The food bank is a beneficence.
canard
a groundless rumor
The North Korean Cease Fire that excited the 4077th was a canard.
ecdysiast
a stripper
“Class… tomorrow we will be entertained by a Transvestite ecdysiast. Isn’t that wonderful?”
farcical
laughably inept
Farcical Biden, wandering aimlessly around the stage, wondered where the Easter Bunny went.
garrulity
the habit of talking too much
I find Hannity’s garrulity, and talking over his guests, irritating.
converzasione
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.
exigency
a situation requiring urgent attention
The exigency of Peace Negotiations in the current RussoUkraine War, has never been more urgent than now.
maunder
to ramble on in one’s speech
Biden just slobberingly maunders into the mic. Wow what a great President you liberals elected. Good work!
vulpine
fox like
Iago’s vulpine guile fooled Othello.
acumen
keenness of perception
His acumen that their marriage was in trouble was correct.
Benthamite
one who believes morality is determined by utility
Benthamite’s believe in euthanasia.
candor
directness of expression
Democrats lack candor and verisimilitude.
eclaircise
to clarify
Trump needs to eclaircise his intentions about 2024.
farctate
stuffed full of something
Norman Bates office was farctate with stuffed dead animals…yikes!!
gelastic
relating to laughter
With less stress, I have rediscovered my gelastic nature.
autoptic
to personally witnessed with ones own eyes
I have never had an autoptic UFO experience.
operose
involving much industry and effort
The operose effort for Noem Arabia will be incredible.
georgic
pastoral
The home had a georgic feel with a horse and buggy in the garage.
apercu
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.
anaphora
repetitive phrase in a speech
“I have a dream” is the classic anaphora.
lissome
thin and graceful
The lissome ballerina enraptured the audience.
