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suborned

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to secretly induce someone to do something unlawful

Duncan was suborned and tricked by his ex-girlfriend.

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jocund

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let’s PARTY attitude
The Roman Senate, clad in togas and imbibing wine, were feeling jocund. And so began the first toga party.

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antimacassar

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old fashioned

The antimacassar niceties and manners of the 1950s are gone forever.

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chiliastic

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pertaining to the Second Coming

William Butler Yeats wrote a wonderful, chiliastic poem.

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demurral

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the act of taking exception

My demurral with going green is that China is not following suit.

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effrontery

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an act of shameless audacity

Drag Queen story hour is an effrontery.

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fillipic

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characterized by an arousing or inciting speech or writing

Zelensky read the fillipic speech to his weary soldiers.

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felicity

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a state of blissful happiness

Her felicity is what I care about.

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granular

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the ability to research a topic in very fine detail

The scientists granular studies of the CMB has led to many confirming results.

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perpend

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to ponder (perpense=with definite purpose)

Why can you not perpend on the loo like everyone else.

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stochastic

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randomly determined

The selection of who would first step onto the Moon was stochastic.

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exonym

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a name applied to a place by foreigners

Interestingly, the name China is an exonym.

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punctilio

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A petty point of conduct
Mohammed was a punctilio practicing prig.

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burnish

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to enhance or perfect by polishing

The Premed student needed to burnish her CV.

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renascent

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to become popular again

Vinyl Lps are currently renascent.

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raillery

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good humored teasing

Tim Watt is the King of Raillery.

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vizards

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masks

Let our faces be vizards over our hearts.

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ameliorate

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Forcing reparations on the non-black population will definitely not ameliorate race relations.

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reproof

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criticism of a fault

I have so many reproofs against Biden that the OED seems less voluminous.

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deprecation

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a mild disapproval

Why the deprecation?

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emendation

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a substitute solution for one that is less approved
There are so many emendations to this bill that the original fades from sight.

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emew

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to imprison or confine

We had to emew Mousie in a carrier to get her to the Vet.

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ferrule

fair rool

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the metal head of a walking cane

Mr. Hyde used a ferrule to murder his victims.

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noumenon

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something conceived in the mind according to Kant
QFT originally was a noumenon.

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Rhadamanthus

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the stern and inflexible Greek god of the dead

Rhadamanthus was less stern than Mr. Rock.

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pied

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having two or more colors
Jacob and the Pied Piper both wore pied coats.

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brindled

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streaked with brown or black stripes
Native American horses are usually brindled.

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antinomian

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one rejects socially accepted moralities

If Transvestism is the new morality, then I am ferociously antinomian.

29
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chimera

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an imagined idea or person

How often will people fall for the chimera of Socialism?

30
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derogate

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to disparage

It is so easy to derogate both the dumb-shit Democrats and the feckless Republicans.

31
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elide

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suppress

It is easy to elide the truth on the internet.

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empressment

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a display of effusive cordiality

Pip had to endure constant empressement.

33
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fetlock

A

the hair over the hooves of a horse

Draft horses are known for their fetlocks.

34
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gravitas

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dignified and serious

Oncologists specialize in gravitas.

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apercu

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a brief intuitive “AhHa!” insight
With a sudden apercu , I thought of the Fetal Celltrode.

36
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chiding

A

reproof and rebuke
When I told Pete what I was doing Joni chidingly remarked “What a waste.”…what a bitch.

37
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derogate

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to put down or disparage

Do not derogate my apparent lack of widely popular superfluous achievements.

38
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empirical

A

evidence based

The big bang is supported by the empirical evidence of the homogeneous nature at the Universe’s antipodes.

39
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empyreal

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sublime or heavenly

The 1969 Margaux was empyreal.

40
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famulus

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an aide

Patton’s famulus girded him with his margaritic Pistols.

41
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gravure

A

etched artistic prints

Molokini First Breath is a gravure.

42
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melomaniac

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a person who loves music

I too am a melomaniac.

43
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Gemeinschaft

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a community of common minded people
The Gemeinschaft of the keys, abhors New York rudeness and California self centeredness.

44
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restive

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stubbornly defiant

Most two year olds are restive.

45
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irrupt

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to enter a room suddenly and forcibly
The FBI irrupted into my house.

46
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bespoke

A

tailor made clothes
Peaky Blinder’s members always wore bespoke suits.

47
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attornment

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the formal transfer of ownership to another

Closing day is the day of house attornment.

48
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ad rem

A

to the point

Biden is incapable of speaking ad rem.

49
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clerisy

A

the intelligentsia

The clerisy disagree with vaccine mandates.

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decorous

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characterized by good manners and behavior

His decorous behavior assured his being chosen for the job as Head Butler.

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enjoin

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to direct or order

I was constantly and wisely enjoined by Morris…I miss him.

52
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epexegesis

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an explanation of the previous word or term

My writing includes much epexegesis.

53
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avouch

A

to affirm or assert

She avouched her innocence despite being confronted with the incriminating video.

54
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cavalcade

A

a formal procession

The Queen’s Guard cavalcade is amazing.

55
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mawkish

A

exaggeratedly emotional

The Beauty Pageant’s mawkish “interview the candidate” portion was too much for me.

56
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deuteragonist

A

second in line after the protagonist

After Scout Finch, Boo Radley is the deuteragonist in To Kill A Mockingbird.

57
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galimatias

A

confused and unintelligible talk

It is just more galimatias from President “What’s My Name”.

58
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haboob

A

a violent sandstorm of North Africa

The dust bowl had a haboob almost once a month.

59
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iatric

A

Medical

The iatric arts lead to a wonderful and fulfilling life.

60
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jullix

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one with whom you have a mental affinity
Father Dennison was my jullix.

61
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umbriferous

A

shady

The huge umbriferous oak is over 300 years old.

62
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solecism

A

a social faux pas

Jerry’s nose picking solecism cost him a date.

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