Deck H Flashcards

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a fortiori

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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.

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de facto

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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.

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caudillo

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a banana Republic petty dictator

Biden is nothing more than a excerebrose caudillo.

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eleemosynary

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charitable

The leaders in the Ukraine are abusing our eleemosynary support.

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Fauvist

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markedly vivid

The Fauvist Picasso lit the room with a joyous riot of colors.

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egalitarian

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to be fair and balanced in the extreme

The statement that “All men are created equal.” while beautifully egalitarian, is nonetheless, historically false.

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fardel

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a burden

At the end, with her severe dementia, Mom was a fardel.

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glean

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to learn slowly and deliberately

One must glean a Math Textbook.

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writhen

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twisted out of shape

The writhen oak survived the Hurricane.

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forfend

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to prevent or protect

Hopefully the generator will forfend against a hurricane induced power loss.

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ataraxy

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a state of supreme calmness

With death near, he suddenly experienced a golden ataraxy.

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excursus

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a diversionary note in a book, often in an appendix

Infinite Jest has a 400 page excursus.

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abstruse

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difficult to understand
Quantum Field Theory is abstruse.

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cavil

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to raise trivial objections

All Brittany could do was cavil about her luxury suite.

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defi

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a challenge

He hurled the defi of a duel with cream pies at twenty yards at his opponent’s feet.

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eclectic

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varied

My reading tastes are not just eclectic, but down right weird.

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eloign

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To move to a distant place

Dostoyevsky was eloigned to Siberia for reading aloud a letter to Golgol from Belinsky.

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faviform

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honeycomb shaped

The faviform form of the NSA building made it look like a beehive.

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fealty

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loyalty or obligation

All stood and Zig Heiled their fealty to the Furher.

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gorgonize

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to mesmerize with ones looks

The beautiful, Natalie Portman can gorgonize any man in her presence.

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habile

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skillful

The Marine Veteran’s habile handling of the store robbery saved the owners life.

22
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vedette

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the leading star on stage or set

No matter where she went Farrah Fawcett was the vedette.

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puissant

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powerful

The puissant message was delivered by the President.

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kevell

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to be proud of someone

We all kvell over Michael.

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annealed

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strengthened

Telling me that I couldn’t be a doctor only annealed my resolve.

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cede

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to grant or concede

It is dangerous to cede Constitutional Rights to public opinion.

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demagogue

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a politician who gains support by unrealistic promises

Democrats are demagogues, while Republicans are wimps.

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embrangled

A

entangled

Fucked Up Sam Freid became embrangled in BitCoin Fraud.

29
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gormandize

A

to eat like a glutton

I will not gormandize today.

30
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raffine

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refined and sophisticated

The raffine Princess lightly swept down the marble staircase.

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juggernaut

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an overwhelming force

The juggernaut of Hannibal’s army crushed the Romans at Cannae.

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quietened

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to make quiet or peaceful

With a loud fart, the tearful child quietened.

33
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epos

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ones epic sense
St Theresa found her epos in God and self-sacrifice.

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frippery

A

inessential elegance

Such frippery is a waste of ones life.

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tetchy

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irritable and short tempered

Without sleep I am tetchy.

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devoir

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sense of duty

It was the devoir of many young men in Britain to volunteer for WW1.

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winnowed

A

selected only the best

The University of Michigan winnowed the premed class of 3000.

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anomie

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a state of rootlessness from loss of proper values

Our Godless society has descended into anomie and frippery.

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chattel

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portable property of value, livestock

The pig in Samoan families was the quintessential chattel.

40
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demarche

A

a course of action

Putin’s dumb demarche will lead to a World War.

41
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ecumenical

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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.

42
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ectype

A

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.

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felicitously

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ch by handling something well suited for the occasion

He felicitously handled the difficult situation .

44
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imbroglio

A

a bitter altercation

He felicitously handled the imbroglio.

45
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jark

A

a fake document

The jark certifying the relic as part of Christ’s shroud fooled no one.

46
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flappable

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quick to lose ones composure, upset

Why are Black people so flappable?

47
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philomath

A

a lover of learning

I am a philomath.

48
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breviloquent

A

concise in speech or writing

Hemingway’s books are breviloquent.