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adamantine

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unyielding

The Ukrainian resistance is adamantine.

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bereft

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deprived

The children are bereft of a good education. Instead they are subjected to CRT and disgusting Transvestism.

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adduces

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to offer as a reason

Rooney adduces my mistreatment in Grand Junction as responsible for my PTSD.

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bestirred

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to rouse into action

The valedictory bestirred the faculty.

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canon

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a rule accepted as true
The canon in Quantum Mechanics is that Hermitian Operators are observables.

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ecbole

ek bow lee

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an digression in speech to obfuscate

Biden often resorts to ecbole to cover his and his son’s multitude of sins.

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facade

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a deceptive appearance

FTX is a façade for laundering money from the Ukraine back to Democrats.

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gaucheness

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crude social behavior
Arthur Shelby’s gaucheness disallowed his attendance at the Churchill meeting.

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ad hominem

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marked by attacks on character rather than issues

Fuck US politicians and their internecine ad hominem attacks.

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ad libitum

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in accordance with ones wishes

Ad libitum he was cremated.

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bombast

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inflated and pretentious speech
I no longer will listen to or care about any US politician and their bombast.

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booboisie

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the ignorant class
Paradoxically it is the politicians who are the booboisie.

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cant

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trite and not-thought-out ideas

I will no longer waste my time with your political cant.

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capricious

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given to impulsive actions

His capricious behavior cost him his job.

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educe

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to solve a problem through reasoning
Einstein educed The Theory of Relativity sitting in a patent office.

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factitious

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contrived , made up
“The dog ate my homework.” is factitious.

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gelid

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icy
The Polar Bear Club plunged into the gelid East River.

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germane

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relevant to the subject
Your argument is not germane to the topic at hand.

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doughty

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brave and persistent

The doughty sloop tried to round the Horn a third time.

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atemporal

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existing outside of time
I love Math because it is atemporal and artistic.

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meed

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a deserved reward
In 2020, Penrose finally received his meed and won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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welkin

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the sky or heaven
The welkin that night was sprent with a million scintillating stars.

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howbeit

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however
I have never been to Russia, howbeit, I know much of their tumultuous history.

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affected
verb

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to pretend

She affected she was royalty, when in reality she was a prostitute.

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afflatus

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divine inspiration
He was living on the streets until his afflatus.

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bugbear

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an object of irritation
My bugbear is the rigged elections in US politics.

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buncombe

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insincere talk
I no longer subscribe to the buncombe of any media in the USA or politician.

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cartelization

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the cornering of a commodity by a few to control prices
The cartelization of oil by the Arabs will never stop until they run out.

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ineffable

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unable to be expressed
My joy is ineffable.

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farouche

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wild and ferocious
Tarzan was a farouche child.

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rescipiscence

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repentance with a wish to do better
My rescipiscence was obvious to the priest.

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amalgam

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a mixture or blend, usually of metals
A Pain Killer is an amalgam of rums.

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agnosticism

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the philosophy that true reality is unknowable

Agnosticism prevails to the detriment of peoples souls.

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albescent

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shining out glaringly

The ftx scandal is albescent in pointing out the need to audit Ukrainian funding.

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bumptious

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arrogant and overly self assertive

Sebastian Gorka is a bumptious idiot.

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Carthaginian

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characterized by total destruction, as Rome did to Carthage in 165BC

What St. Mary’s and the FBI did to my life was Carthaginian.

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Carthusian

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characterized by the uttermost austerity of Carthusian monks

Unless you are Carthusian, you pay taxes.

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danseur

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a male ballet dancer and showman

Nureyev was the premier Russian danseur of the 1980’s.

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efflorescence

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the peak of perfection
The Bugatti Veryon is the efflorescence of the automobile.

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fascinorous

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rampantly evil in deed and thought

MS13 is a fascinorous gang.

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geniculate

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severely bent

The geniculate 80year old could barely walk.

42
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lacertilian

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lizard like

I shoot all lacertilian aliens on my property.

43
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animadvert

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to criticize

Though Conservatives animadvert the passionate corrupt Democrats , the Republicans are even more feckless and castrated than them.

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animus

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ill will and hatred

My animus for US politics is at an all time high.

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catechetical

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severe questioning to inculcate a doctrine

Despite the catechetical press , Biden continues to lie about his accomplishments.

46
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decoct

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to “boil out” the essence of something

We must decoct Biden’s recent buncombe.

47
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effluvium

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an unpleasant vapor or mist

The polluted Grand Canal in Venice created an effluvium that drove everyone indoors.

48
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fatidic

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prophetic

The women gypsies were fatidic.

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genteel

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well bred, aristocratic

Though wealthy as Croesus, bug-eyed Bezos is hardly genteel.

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dromedary

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a one humped camel

Bactrian camels are less aggressive than Dromedaries.

51
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collogue
verb

ka loge

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to speak confidentially or conspiratorily

The Mean Girls at High School collogued the Newbie’s demise.

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phlegmatic

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unemotional and calm

Mom’s mean behavior destroyed my normal phlegmatic nature.

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zelig

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a person who can change his behavior to fit in

I unfortunately am not a zelig.

54
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redoubtable

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formidable

Kate is redoubtable woman.

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sundry

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various , assorted

I must attend to sundry matters at this time.

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aggrieved

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troubled or distressed

I am aggrieved by the news.

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portentous

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solemn and serious

Why are undertakers such humorists, they should be more portentous.

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tenebrous

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dark and gloomy

The vultures tenebrous shadows reeled over the Rough Beast of the Desert.

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easement

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an acre of land

With one hand she beat an easement through the brush.

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allurement

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something that entices

A definite allurement for a CoVid vaccine was that free Dunkin’ Doughnut.

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ambient

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surrounding on all sides

The ambient Hurricane surge has those that stayed in their homes panicking.

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burden

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central theme

The burden of the NY Times article is that all Republicans are Nazi’s…what a bunch of f*** idiots.

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burin

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an engraver’s sharp pointed tool for etching

That mistake was a burin to his psyche.

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caterwauling

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screeching

All the Liberals are caterwauling about Musk and Twitter… my goodness isn’t it so much fun to watch their misery.

65
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Catonically

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of Marcus Cato, the Roman Statesman who repeatedly warned about the threat of Hannibal and Carthage in 139BC

I Catonically warned people about the Covid Vaccine’s danger.

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effrontery

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upsetting behavior

I am sorry. It is an effrontery to have Transvestites and sexual innuendo in any K-12 classroom. It is a time to learn about Calculus not “cocks or cunts”.

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Faustian

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selling ones soul to the devil, evil

In continuing to support Ukraine, rather than forcing a peace, we have made a Faustian bargain. Remember the “Little Blue Dot”.

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glabrous

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bald

Aeschylus, the Father if Greek Tragedy, had his glaborous head hit by a aquiline bomb… a dropped tortoise…talk about knowing when its your time…

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anent

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concerning or about

“I will say a few words anent my laptop., said Hunted Biden.

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agelast

Adge il last

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unlaughing and mirthless

I have noticed how agelast and solemnly determined Michael is.

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volubly

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rapid fire and ready speech

She began talking volubly.

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taciturnity

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a state of being disinclined to talk

Shana descended into her usual taciturnity.

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prolepsis

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that part of a presentation that anticipates future questions and answers them

He was so defensive…his entire speech was a prolepsis.

74
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otiose

oh she ose

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having no purpose

As England is being Ruled by Queen Victoria , the entire Save The King day is a tad otiose.

75
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deucedly

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extremely

I have a deucedly bad headache.

76
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scrutator

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one who scrutinizes and investigates

After the suspicious fire, an arson scrutator was hired by the Insurance Company.

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