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cordon sanitaire

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a buffer line or zone between two hostile territories

Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if it had remained a cordon sanitaire to territories belonging to NATO. But the threat of Ukraine joining NATO changed that calculus.

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cosmopolitanism

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excessive adulation for another country’s culture ie language and manners at the expense of losing their own culture

Russian High Society in 1800 suffered from French cosmopolitanism.

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scintilla

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the tiniest mote or trace of something

There is not a scintilla of physical evidence for the multiverse theory.

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misogamy

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hatred of marriage

Currently, about one in six young adults expresses feelings of misogamy.

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onanism

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masturbation

Overall 60% of men engage in twice weekly or more onanism.

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gnathic

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having a large jaw

Growth hormone supplements can cause a gnathic face.

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organza

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a stiff synthetic silk

Her wedding dress of white organza made her look like a pastry.

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to swizzle

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to stir a drink

The pissed off bartender refused to swizzle the asshole’s drink.

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envoi

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final communication

Frasier gave his envoi to Seattle in the final episode.

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monitory

adj

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warning

The Kodiak monitory sirens warned us of the oncoming tsunami.

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votaries

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a devoted admirers

Taylor Swift’s votaries stormed the stage.

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peregrinations

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voyages from place to place

For Pope Francis it’s another tiring year of papal peregrinations.

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cavalcade

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a formal procession

The cavalcade of the King’s Guards in their Bearskins is a traditional tourist stop when visiting London.

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caudillo

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the self installed dictator of a Banana Republic

Biden is a Banana Republic caudillo.

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longanimity

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long continued patience in the face of suffering

The longanimity of the Jewish People is without equal.

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parabolically

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as of a parable, allegorically

Jesus’ sermons were delivered parabolically to facilitate their understanding.

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sempiternal

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eternal and unchanging

Congress’ deficit spending is sempiternal.

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indubitably

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that cannot be doubted

Indubitably Iran is behind the turmoil in the mideast.

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supererogatory

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superfluous

He felt supererogatory.

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inexorable

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impossible to stop

The addict’s craving was inexorable.

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daubing

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characterized by a smear of paint

The daubing sun weakly broke through the dense, interminable, San Francisco fog.

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fettle

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condition

The newborn is in excellent fettle.

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whaled

verb

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to beat or hit at

The black teens whaled relentlessly on the old Japanese woman.

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pullulating

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flourishing

The pullulating hydra of Iran needs to be beheaded.

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preponderate

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to exceed in power or influence

Where Blacks preponderate is where I will not be.

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Brobdingnagian

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gigantic, the fictional land of giants by Johnathan Swift

No one could compete with Kevin’s Brobdingnagian appetite.

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beastie

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an animal

All Venture Outers were out walking there beasties.

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withal

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nevertheless

Weather that day was to be brilliantly sunny, but withal it rained.

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coda

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the concluding part of writing , speech, or music

Biden’s coda, politically and vitally, is fast approaching.

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approbate

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approval

Our remodeling is awaiting the approbate of the County Office.

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to harrow

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to crush and pulverize

The feral black youths harrowed the old Japanese woman.

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chignon

sheen yon

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hairstyle in which the hair is coiled in the back of the head or nape

She wore her hair in a chignon.

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coterminous

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having the same extent in meaning , space .

Unfortunately in the Middle East, religious and geographic boundaries are not coterminous, leading to incessant wars.

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fulminating

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characterized as violent and explosive

Biden’s fulminating State of the Union speech at 87 million Republicans in the USA and all the members Supreme court, proves his unworthiness to lead this nation.

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utilitarian

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adj stressing practicality rather then beauty

Cities are usually ugly and utilitarian.

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enjoin

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to instruct someone to do something

We were at first enjoined and then browbeaten to get the Vaccine. Fuck them!

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ennoble

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to increase in dignity

With the passage of time, Prince William and Kate have become ennobled in England, while the lugubrious Harry and mopey Meghan have fallen off the radar of royal significance.

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ex officio

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unquestionably authoritative by virtue ones office

While the Pope may make ex officio pronouncements to the world, neomort and corrupt Biden will never have that luxury, except to his dog.

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orotund

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unduly strong in speech

Trump has an orotund tendency.

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tu quoque

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“you also” …Implying that the accuser is more guilty than you of the same offense.

Democrats are constantly leveling tu quoque arguments.

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sophistry

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specious reasoning

Saying all immigrants are lawful is sophistry.

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lurid

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gruesome and horrifying

I am not into movies with lurid scenes.

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defi

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a challenge

The defi was hurled to disprove relativity.

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cacoethes

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an urge to do something inadvisable

We all suffer from some cacoethes.

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benefic

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kindly

Our new neighbors do not seem benefic.

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beldam

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a mean and physically repulsive woman

Pelosi is the quintessential beldam.

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bescumbered

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splattered with feces

The airport toilet was so bescumbered that I decided to just hold on for another six hours.

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amor fati

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a love of fate, happy with whatever comes

A great human being is one blessed with amor fati.

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