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.
