Deck K Flashcards
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apodictic
expressing absolute truth
Apodictic statements in Science are rare.
Catonically
Characterized by repeatedly expressing warnings
Financial experts have Catonically warned of a major market downturn.
desideratum
something that is desired as essential
Racial blindnesss is a desideratum.
engender
to give rise to
The explosion in the Palestinian Hospital engendered worldwide hatred towards Israel.
a posteriori
a truth later deduced as true based upon prior evidence and facts
All these young people dying of blood clots leads me to conclude a posteriori that the covid vaccine is dangerous.
a priori
a truth based from theories formed before, from general to specific
Prior Mathematical theorems, lead a priori to further mathematical truths.
effulgent
characterized by shining brightly
The effulgent supernova was visible to the wise men.
galliard
cheerful
Depression has destroyed his usual galliard mood.
dactylogram
a fingerprint scan
IOS allows access to files using dactylograms.
cathexis
concentrating on only one thing
Katie’s cathexis is on passing her boards.
fricative
an eff caused by sound blowing air through pursed lips
Abruptly and dangerously cut off by a “little shitty car” I hurled a fountain of fricatives at the aggressive driver.
bosky
wooded
Our yard in Sacramento was bosky with oaks.
opuscule
a small literary or musical work (c.f opus)
Pachabel’s opuscule Canon is nonetheless gorgeous.
accretion
growth by gradual addition of material
The snowball’s accretion eventually yielded a 10 foot snowman.
acerbic
bitingly ironic and humorous
All enjoy Tim Watt’s acerbic wit.
acidulous
harsh in words
Perhaps calling her a “fat cow” at the Thanksgiving Dinner was a bit too acidulous.
beleaguered
surrounded by difficult circumstances
The beleaguered Ukrainian troops surrendered.
bellicose
provocatively war-like
North Korea is perennially bellicose.
cadre
a core group of people
Turin was where the cadre of jewel thieves met.
cant
trite unconsidered talk
AOC should be proud, as she is The Queen of Cant and The Supreme of Stupid.
dauntless
intrepid or fearless
General Mattis is dauntless.
de facto
existing in fact
Light is a de facto wavelike particle.
adiaphorous
neither beneficial or harmful
Some say Social Media is adiaphorous. I think it is ruinous.
thallasophile
one who loves the sea
I am an unrepentant thallasophile.
foursquare
determined or resolute
The football team despite being down zero wins and twenty losses was foursquare in their upcoming victory next week against Mahomes.
Gemutlich
pleasant and cheerful
Lisa’s Thanksgiving Dinner had a gemutlich, easy going atmosphere.
ad libitum
According to one’s wishes
He was buried at sea ad libitum.
ad rem
on topic
Biden is incapable of an ad rem speech.
adventitious
not native, coming from outside the usual source
Iguanas are adventitious to Florida.
beneficence
noun
active kindness
My beneficence in allowing the homeless person to stay at Mom’s house was a mistake.
caudillo
A banana Republic dictator
The only thing now that the caudillo Biden needs is a yellow panama hat and a chimpanzee.
clerisy
the intelligentsia
The clerisy recognized immediately Biden’s senility.
delope
In a duel, To fire one’s pistol into the air
Foolishly he deloped, and was then promptly shot between the eyes.
ectype
a clone or reproduction of something
All SUVs are ectypes of each other.
Micawberish
optimistically foolish
I have always been Micawberish.
oppugn
to call into question the validity of something vs impugn is to attack
A good investigative journalist oppugns his subject’s motives.
neoteric
modern-day
This neoteric preoccupation with Transvestism is a symptom of National rot.
adumbrated
to forshadow
When the adumbrated market crash occurred, he could only utter, “Why?, Why?”.
affect
verb
verb=To pretend or give the impression of something
He affected to be a doctor, with ill effects on unknowing patients.
Benthamite
utility = morality
Hitler’s Benthamitic logic embraced the euthanasia of the sick and elderly.
bombastic
pretentious, inflated
Just another bombastic Biden speech.
reproof noun
rebuke verb
criticism of a fault
to criticize a fault
I was rebuked for not taking care of Shankar’s mistake.
deflation
the economic situation in which prices fall because of decreased consumer spending
We are entering the deflationary phase of rampant inflation.
efflorescence
the epitome of some general category of THING (c.f apotheosis =person)
The Bugati Veryon is the efflorescence of an automobile.
feuilleton
the section of a newspaper or magazine dedicated to reviewing written fiction
Goodreads is an online feuilleton.
syncretic
The attempted amalgamation of different religions or cultures.
The syncretic experiment in London of flooding of streets with poor Muslim refugees is failing.
