Deck I Flashcards
suborned
to secretly induce someone to do something unlawful
Duncan was suborned and tricked by his ex-girlfriend.
jocund
let’s PARTY attitude
The Roman Senate, clad in togas and imbibing wine, were feeling jocund. And so began the first toga party.
antimacassar
old fashioned
The antimacassar niceties and manners of the 1950s are gone forever.
chiliastic
pertaining to the Second Coming
William Butler Yeats wrote a wonderful, chiliastic poem.
demurral
the act of taking exception
My demurral with going green is that China is not following suit.
effrontery
an act of shameless audacity
Drag Queen story hour is an effrontery.
fillipic
characterized by an arousing or inciting speech or writing
Zelensky read the fillipic speech to his weary soldiers.
felicity
a state of blissful happiness
Her felicity is what I care about.
granular
the ability to research a topic in very fine detail
The scientists granular studies of the CMB has led to many confirming results.
perpend
to ponder (perpense=with definite purpose)
Why can you not perpend on the loo like everyone else.
stochastic
randomly determined
The selection of who would first step onto the Moon was stochastic.
exonym
a name applied to a place by foreigners
Interestingly, the name China is an exonym.
punctilio
A petty point of conduct
Mohammed was a punctilio practicing prig.
burnish
to enhance or perfect by polishing
The Premed student needed to burnish her CV.
renascent
to become popular again
Vinyl Lps are currently renascent.
raillery
good humored teasing
Tim Watt is the King of Raillery.
vizards
masks
Let our faces be vizards over our hearts.
ameliorate
Forcing reparations on the non-black population will definitely not ameliorate race relations.
reproof
criticism of a fault
I have so many reproofs against Biden that the OED seems less voluminous.
deprecation
a mild disapproval
Why the deprecation?
emendation
a substitute solution for one that is less approved
There are so many emendations to this bill that the original fades from sight.
emew
to imprison or confine
We had to emew Mousie in a carrier to get her to the Vet.
ferrule
fair rool
the metal head of a walking cane
Mr. Hyde used a ferrule to murder his victims.
noumenon
something conceived in the mind according to Kant
QFT originally was a noumenon.
Rhadamanthus
the stern and inflexible Greek god of the dead
Rhadamanthus was less stern than Mr. Rock.
pied
having two or more colors
Jacob and the Pied Piper both wore pied coats.
brindled
streaked with brown or black stripes
Native American horses are usually brindled.
antinomian
one rejects socially accepted moralities
If Transvestism is the new morality, then I am ferociously antinomian.
chimera
an imagined idea or person
How often will people fall for the chimera of Socialism?
derogate
to disparage
It is so easy to derogate both the dumb-shit Democrats and the feckless Republicans.
elide
suppress
It is easy to elide the truth on the internet.
empressment
a display of effusive cordiality
Pip had to endure constant empressement.
fetlock
the hair over the hooves of a horse
Draft horses are known for their fetlocks.
gravitas
dignified and serious
Oncologists specialize in gravitas.
apercu
a brief intuitive “AhHa!” insight
With a sudden apercu , I thought of the Fetal Celltrode.
chiding
reproof and rebuke
When I told Pete what I was doing Joni chidingly remarked “What a waste.”…what a bitch.
derogate
to put down or disparage
Do not derogate my apparent lack of widely popular superfluous achievements.
empirical
evidence based
The big bang is supported by the empirical evidence of the homogeneous nature at the Universe’s antipodes.
empyreal
sublime or heavenly
The 1969 Margaux was empyreal.
famulus
an aide
Patton’s famulus girded him with his margaritic Pistols.
gravure
etched artistic prints
Molokini First Breath is a gravure.
melomaniac
a person who loves music
I too am a melomaniac.
Gemeinschaft
a community of common minded people
The Gemeinschaft of the keys, abhors New York rudeness and California self centeredness.
restive
stubbornly defiant
Most two year olds are restive.
irrupt
to enter a room suddenly and forcibly
The FBI irrupted into my house.
bespoke
tailor made clothes
Peaky Blinder’s members always wore bespoke suits.
attornment
the formal transfer of ownership to another
Closing day is the day of house attornment.
ad rem
to the point
Biden is incapable of speaking ad rem.
clerisy
the intelligentsia
The clerisy disagree with vaccine mandates.
decorous
characterized by good manners and behavior
His decorous behavior assured his being chosen for the job as Head Butler.
enjoin
to direct or order
I was constantly and wisely enjoined by Morris…I miss him.
epexegesis
an explanation of the previous word or term
My writing includes much epexegesis.
avouch
to affirm or assert
She avouched her innocence despite being confronted with the incriminating video.
cavalcade
a formal procession
The Queen’s Guard cavalcade is amazing.
mawkish
exaggeratedly emotional
The Beauty Pageant’s mawkish “interview the candidate” portion was too much for me.
deuteragonist
second in line after the protagonist
After Scout Finch, Boo Radley is the deuteragonist in To Kill A Mockingbird.
galimatias
confused and unintelligible talk
It is just more galimatias from President “What’s My Name”.
haboob
a violent sandstorm of North Africa
The dust bowl had a haboob almost once a month.
iatric
Medical
The iatric arts lead to a wonderful and fulfilling life.
jullix
one with whom you have a mental affinity
Father Dennison was my jullix.
umbriferous
shady
The huge umbriferous oak is over 300 years old.
solecism
a social faux pas
Jerry’s nose picking solecism cost him a date.
