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blank

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apodictic

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expressing absolute truth

Apodictic statements in Science are rare.

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Catonically

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Characterized by repeatedly expressing warnings

Financial experts have Catonically warned of a major market downturn.

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desideratum

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something that is desired as essential

Racial blindnesss is a desideratum.

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engender

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to give rise to

The explosion in the Palestinian Hospital engendered worldwide hatred towards Israel.

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a posteriori

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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.

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a priori

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a truth based from theories formed before, from general to specific

Prior Mathematical theorems, lead a priori to further mathematical truths.

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effulgent

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characterized by shining brightly

The effulgent supernova was visible to the wise men.

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galliard

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cheerful

Depression has destroyed his usual galliard mood.

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dactylogram

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a fingerprint scan

IOS allows access to files using dactylograms.

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cathexis

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concentrating on only one thing

Katie’s cathexis is on passing her boards.

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fricative

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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.

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bosky

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wooded

Our yard in Sacramento was bosky with oaks.

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opuscule

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a small literary or musical work (c.f opus)

Pachabel’s opuscule Canon is nonetheless gorgeous.

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accretion

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growth by gradual addition of material

The snowball’s accretion eventually yielded a 10 foot snowman.

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acerbic

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bitingly ironic and humorous

All enjoy Tim Watt’s acerbic wit.

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acidulous

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harsh in words

Perhaps calling her a “fat cow” at the Thanksgiving Dinner was a bit too acidulous.

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beleaguered

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surrounded by difficult circumstances

The beleaguered Ukrainian troops surrendered.

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bellicose

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provocatively war-like

North Korea is perennially bellicose.

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cadre

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a core group of people

Turin was where the cadre of jewel thieves met.

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cant

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trite unconsidered talk

AOC should be proud, as she is The Queen of Cant and The Supreme of Stupid.

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dauntless

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intrepid or fearless

General Mattis is dauntless.

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de facto

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existing in fact

Light is a de facto wavelike particle.

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adiaphorous

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neither beneficial or harmful

Some say Social Media is adiaphorous. I think it is ruinous.

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thallasophile

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one who loves the sea

I am an unrepentant thallasophile.

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foursquare

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determined or resolute

The football team despite being down zero wins and twenty losses was foursquare in their upcoming victory next week against Mahomes.

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Gemutlich

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pleasant and cheerful
Lisa’s Thanksgiving Dinner had a gemutlich, easy going atmosphere.

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ad libitum

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According to one’s wishes

He was buried at sea ad libitum.

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ad rem

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on topic

Biden is incapable of an ad rem speech.

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adventitious

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not native, coming from outside the usual source

Iguanas are adventitious to Florida.

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beneficence
noun

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active kindness

My beneficence in allowing the homeless person to stay at Mom’s house was a mistake.

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caudillo

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A banana Republic dictator

The only thing now that the caudillo Biden needs is a yellow panama hat and a chimpanzee.

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clerisy

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the intelligentsia

The clerisy recognized immediately Biden’s senility.

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delope

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In a duel, To fire one’s pistol into the air

Foolishly he deloped, and was then promptly shot between the eyes.

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ectype

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a clone or reproduction of something

All SUVs are ectypes of each other.

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Micawberish

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optimistically foolish

I have always been Micawberish.

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oppugn

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to call into question the validity of something vs impugn is to attack

A good investigative journalist oppugns his subject’s motives.

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neoteric

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modern-day

This neoteric preoccupation with Transvestism is a symptom of National rot.

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adumbrated

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to forshadow

When the adumbrated market crash occurred, he could only utter, “Why?, Why?”.

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affect
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verb=To pretend or give the impression of something

He affected to be a doctor, with ill effects on unknowing patients.

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Benthamite

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utility = morality

Hitler’s Benthamitic logic embraced the euthanasia of the sick and elderly.

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bombastic

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pretentious, inflated

Just another bombastic Biden speech.

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reproof noun
rebuke verb

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criticism of a fault
to criticize a fault

I was rebuked for not taking care of Shankar’s mistake.

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deflation

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the economic situation in which prices fall because of decreased consumer spending

We are entering the deflationary phase of rampant inflation.

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efflorescence

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the epitome of some general category of THING (c.f apotheosis =person)

The Bugati Veryon is the efflorescence of an automobile.

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feuilleton

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the section of a newspaper or magazine dedicated to reviewing written fiction

Goodreads is an online feuilleton.

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syncretic

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The attempted amalgamation of different religions or cultures.

The syncretic experiment in London of flooding of streets with poor Muslim refugees is failing.

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