Deck H Flashcards
a fortiori
with even greater reason
A woman has de facto authority over her unborn child’s life, but a fortiori is responsible for the child’s protection.
de facto
exercising legally constitutional powers
While a woman has de facto powers over her unborn child’s life, as a Mother she has a fortiori the moral responsibility to protect her helpless child.
caudillo
a banana Republic petty dictator
Biden is nothing more than a excerebrose caudillo.
eleemosynary
charitable
The leaders in the Ukraine are abusing our eleemosynary support.
Fauvist
markedly vivid
The Fauvist Picasso lit the room with a joyous riot of colors.
egalitarian
to be fair and balanced in the extreme
The statement that “All men are created equal.” while beautifully egalitarian, is nonetheless, historically false.
fardel
a burden
At the end, with her severe dementia, Mom was a fardel.
glean
to learn slowly and deliberately
One must glean a Math Textbook.
writhen
twisted out of shape
The writhen oak survived the Hurricane.
forfend
to prevent or protect
Hopefully the generator will forfend against a hurricane induced power loss.
ataraxy
a state of supreme calmness
With death near, he suddenly experienced a golden ataraxy.
excursus
a diversionary note in a book, often in an appendix
Infinite Jest has a 400 page excursus.
abstruse
difficult to understand
Quantum Field Theory is abstruse.
cavil
to raise trivial objections
All Brittany could do was cavil about her luxury suite.
defi
a challenge
He hurled the defi of a duel with cream pies at twenty yards at his opponent’s feet.
eclectic
varied
My reading tastes are not just eclectic, but down right weird.
eloign
To move to a distant place
Dostoyevsky was eloigned to Siberia for reading aloud a letter to Golgol from Belinsky.
faviform
honeycomb shaped
The faviform form of the NSA building made it look like a beehive.
fealty
loyalty or obligation
All stood and Zig Heiled their fealty to the Furher.
gorgonize
to mesmerize with ones looks
The beautiful, Natalie Portman can gorgonize any man in her presence.
habile
skillful
The Marine Veteran’s habile handling of the store robbery saved the owners life.
vedette
the leading star on stage or set
No matter where she went Farrah Fawcett was the vedette.
puissant
powerful
The puissant message was delivered by the President.
kevell
to be proud of someone
We all kvell over Michael.
annealed
strengthened
Telling me that I couldn’t be a doctor only annealed my resolve.
cede
to grant or concede
It is dangerous to cede Constitutional Rights to public opinion.
demagogue
a politician who gains support by unrealistic promises
Democrats are demagogues, while Republicans are wimps.
embrangled
entangled
Fucked Up Sam Freid became embrangled in BitCoin Fraud.
gormandize
to eat like a glutton
I will not gormandize today.
raffine
refined and sophisticated
The raffine Princess lightly swept down the marble staircase.
juggernaut
an overwhelming force
The juggernaut of Hannibal’s army crushed the Romans at Cannae.
quietened
to make quiet or peaceful
With a loud fart, the tearful child quietened.
epos
ones epic sense
St Theresa found her epos in God and self-sacrifice.
frippery
inessential elegance
Such frippery is a waste of ones life.
tetchy
irritable and short tempered
Without sleep I am tetchy.
devoir
sense of duty
It was the devoir of many young men in Britain to volunteer for WW1.
winnowed
selected only the best
The University of Michigan winnowed the premed class of 3000.
anomie
a state of rootlessness from loss of proper values
Our Godless society has descended into anomie and frippery.
chattel
portable property of value, livestock
The pig in Samoan families was the quintessential chattel.
demarche
a course of action
Putin’s dumb demarche will lead to a World War.
ecumenical
having the support or representation by more than one faction
An ecumenical committee is needed to decide wether or not to impeach Biden on charges of treason.
ectype
an exact copy of something
As the B21 rolled out of the Hangar at Edward’s Air Force Base, I wondered how many nanoseconds would pass before an ectype rolled out of Beijing.
felicitously
ch by handling something well suited for the occasion
He felicitously handled the difficult situation .
imbroglio
a bitter altercation
He felicitously handled the imbroglio.
jark
a fake document
The jark certifying the relic as part of Christ’s shroud fooled no one.
flappable
quick to lose ones composure, upset
Why are Black people so flappable?
philomath
a lover of learning
I am a philomath.
breviloquent
concise in speech or writing
Hemingway’s books are breviloquent.
