Deck P Flashcards
dissonant
characterized by disagreement
The dissonant Senate could not agree on a budget.
algolagniac
characterized by the perverse pleasure some people get from inflicting pain on oneself and others
The algolagniac mass murderer tortured his victims.
niggling
demanding a great need of care
Niggling and shrieking baby Blackbirds are a pain in the ass to their parents.
libidinous
characterized by sexual urges
All humans suffer from libidinous urges.
dolorifuge
something that mitigates grief
We each have our own dolorifuge, Physics for me, and Quilting for Amy.
doctrinaire
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.
amaranthine
never fading or dying
Our love is amaranthine.
licentious
sexually lewd
The licentious behavior of the Michigan State Football coach caused his immediate firing.
legerity
lightness of touch and agility
The legerity of the prima ballerina was awesome
grimoire
a book of magic spells
Harry Potter searched the grimoire for the proper incantation.
moiety
a part or portion of a thing
I had a moiety of the watermelon.
subitaneous
manifested suddenly
The volcano’s subitaneous eruption caught all the Islanders off guard.
dour
marked by sternness and severity
The dour Mr. Rock tore up my Religion test.
ambrosia
the nectar of the greek gods that provided them with immortality
Budweiser will need to make ambrosia to regain its pissed off customers.
nimbus
a halo
All Saints have a nimbus.
to limn
to depict an image in words or painting
The painter limned Niles as a skunk into painting’s background.
divaricate
to diverge widely
Politically I divaricate from Lele.
sublunary
belonging to this mundane world as opposed to spiritual existence
I am caught up in this sublunary existence.
abstemious
sparing in food and or drink
I need to be more abstemious than I am currently.
doxology
praise to God
After their doxology to Biden I had to puke.
anaphora
a repeated phrase in speech to place emphasis
The best anaphora ever was Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream!”.
littoral
char. by being along the shore line
The littoral erosion from Irma hurt our beach.
nitid
bright and lustrous
The Autumn moon is particularly nitid this year.
coriacious
like leather
The Curly’s face was coriacious.
adynaton
an impossible expression used for emphasis
“When pigs fly !” is an funny adynaton.
querulous
char. by whining and complaining
Caroline was a typical querulous teenage girl.
demonym
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.
nominal
of trivial importance
I hate to say it but your presence here is nominal.
louche
of questionable character
Biden’s hair sniffing fetish belies his louche character.
anodyne
painless or soothing
“ My God does not make mistakes.” is not inflammatory but incredibly anodyne.
dreadnought
a battleship, something that cannot be stopped
Katie is a dreadnought when she wants something.
chiffonade
parsley sprinkled on soup or other decorative garnish
Forget the chiffonade , just get to the soup.
embolalia
unthinking verbiage
The Harvard student was like, you know, full of, you know, embolalic idiocy.
dysgenic
characterized by the inheritance of damaging characteristics
It seems even the dysgenic children of Hamas are ruthless.
ecumenical
having backing of more than one faction
Hamas has the ecumenical support of Hezbollah, Iran, Russia, and China.
non compos mentis
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.
animist
the belief that all living things have souls
“Don’t squash that ant !” said the animist.
lubricious
lewd
Lubricious displays during Spring Break are now illegal on South Beach.
extramundane
outside the physical world
Faeries are extramundane.
nonplussed
unbothered by something
Travis is nonplussed by most things.
blank
efface
to remove evidence of something
Fauci effaced the Covid experiments his lab was toying with.
longeur
a long tedious boring stretch of time
Longeur punctuated by seconds of terror is the life of an anesthesiologist.
trove
a storage of valuable or delightful things
In the attic, Travis came across a trove of antique English army men.
avant-garde
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.
