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dissonant

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characterized by disagreement

The dissonant Senate could not agree on a budget.

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algolagniac

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characterized by the perverse pleasure some people get from inflicting pain on oneself and others

The algolagniac mass murderer tortured his victims.

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niggling

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demanding a great need of care

Niggling and shrieking baby Blackbirds are a pain in the ass to their parents.

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libidinous

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characterized by sexual urges

All humans suffer from libidinous urges.

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dolorifuge

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something that mitigates grief

We each have our own dolorifuge, Physics for me, and Quilting for Amy.

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doctrinaire

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stubbornly devoted to a cause without regard to practical

Given the doctrinaire attitude of the citizens of Seattle towards defunding the police , they deserve the shit hole in which they find themselves.

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amaranthine

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never fading or dying

Our love is amaranthine.

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licentious

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sexually lewd

The licentious behavior of the Michigan State Football coach caused his immediate firing.

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legerity

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lightness of touch and agility

The legerity of the prima ballerina was awesome

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grimoire

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a book of magic spells

Harry Potter searched the grimoire for the proper incantation.

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moiety

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a part or portion of a thing

I had a moiety of the watermelon.

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subitaneous

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manifested suddenly

The volcano’s subitaneous eruption caught all the Islanders off guard.

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dour

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marked by sternness and severity

The dour Mr. Rock tore up my Religion test.

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ambrosia

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the nectar of the greek gods that provided them with immortality

Budweiser will need to make ambrosia to regain its pissed off customers.

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nimbus

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a halo

All Saints have a nimbus.

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to limn

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to depict an image in words or painting

The painter limned Niles as a skunk into painting’s background.

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divaricate

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to diverge widely

Politically I divaricate from Lele.

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sublunary

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belonging to this mundane world as opposed to spiritual existence

I am caught up in this sublunary existence.

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abstemious

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sparing in food and or drink

I need to be more abstemious than I am currently.

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doxology

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praise to God

After their doxology to Biden I had to puke.

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anaphora

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a repeated phrase in speech to place emphasis

The best anaphora ever was Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream!”.

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littoral

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char. by being along the shore line

The littoral erosion from Irma hurt our beach.

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nitid

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bright and lustrous

The Autumn moon is particularly nitid this year.

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coriacious

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like leather

The Curly’s face was coriacious.

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adynaton

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an impossible expression used for emphasis

“When pigs fly !” is an funny adynaton.

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querulous

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char. by whining and complaining

Caroline was a typical querulous teenage girl.

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demonym

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a noun for a group of people in an area

The demonym for the Indiana populace is Hoosier’s, hoozer is hill in old English.

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nominal

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of trivial importance

I hate to say it but your presence here is nominal.

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louche

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of questionable character

Biden’s hair sniffing fetish belies his louche character.

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anodyne

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painless or soothing

“ My God does not make mistakes.” is not inflammatory but incredibly anodyne.

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dreadnought

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a battleship, something that cannot be stopped

Katie is a dreadnought when she wants something.

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chiffonade

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parsley sprinkled on soup or other decorative garnish

Forget the chiffonade , just get to the soup.

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embolalia

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unthinking verbiage

The Harvard student was like, you know, full of, you know, embolalic idiocy.

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dysgenic

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characterized by the inheritance of damaging characteristics

It seems even the dysgenic children of Hamas are ruthless.

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ecumenical

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having backing of more than one faction

Hamas has the ecumenical support of Hezbollah, Iran, Russia, and China.

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non compos mentis

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not of the right mind, crazy

When Fetterman was elected after his stroke, I was certain that the libtards of Pennsylvania were non compos mentis.

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animist

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the belief that all living things have souls

“Don’t squash that ant !” said the animist.

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lubricious

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lewd

Lubricious displays during Spring Break are now illegal on South Beach.

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extramundane

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outside the physical world

Faeries are extramundane.

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nonplussed

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unbothered by something

Travis is nonplussed by most things.

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blank

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efface

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to remove evidence of something

Fauci effaced the Covid experiments his lab was toying with.

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longeur

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a long tedious boring stretch of time

Longeur punctuated by seconds of terror is the life of an anesthesiologist.

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trove

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a storage of valuable or delightful things

In the attic, Travis came across a trove of antique English army men.

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avant-garde

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new and experimental

While transgender men in women sports is viewed as being avant-garde by liberal zealots, the majority of the world sees it for what it truly is …STUPID.