Deck V Flashcards
sprent with
speckled or spotted
The night sky was sprent with stars.
contiguous
immediately adjacent
The Miami Airport is contiguous to Highway 836.
preternatural
beyond what is natural
I have a preternatural ability to sense positional soundness in chess.
lachrymal
tearful
Facing a scary possible cancer diagnosis I am lachrymal lately.
laconic
using a few precise words
Father Dennison was very laconic and wise.
parsimonious
extremely unwilling to spend money
Unless Congress becomes parsimonious the Nation will be bankrupt like China.
persiflage
teasing banter
After telling Tim Watt I lived near Key West, I was subjected to his typical persiflage “I didn’t know you were gay.”
solipsistic
characterized by the belief that only oneself exists and that everyone and everything else is imaginary
California is overrun by solipsistic zombies in Teslas.
prepossessing
charming, attractive in manner or appearance
Dr. Jennifer Melfi in the Sopranos is prepossessing.
Aesopian
characterized by a simple sounding message that contains a secret to those who have special knowledge
The mafioso Aesopian message “It is what it is.” relays the upcoming assassination of whomever it speaks.
centripitalization
a move towards the center
The political centripitalization of Facebook and Apple fool no-one.
fons et origo
Fonz ett or eego
the source
Godlessness is the fons et origo of the current decay in America.
locus classicus
the classic example
St. Augustine is the locus classicus of sinner turned Saint.
tantamount
equal in value
The Houthi’s repeated firing of rockets at the US Naval Fleet is tantamount to war.
andragogy
adult education
Spoken English or ESL andragogy should be required of all immigrants.
brimborion
something that is useless
Male drivers of overly large trucks are compensating for their obvious brimborion.
neoteny
prolonged infantilism
Liberals are the quintessential examples of neoteny.
paracme
past ones prime
Even paracme, the group Boston rocked.
roinous
mean and nasty
Beth Dutton is roinous red head in Yellowstone.
fictile
made of clay and moldable
fict = latin to mold
Sumerians were fond of fictile arts.
felicitously
done in a way that makes people happy
She felicitously handled the feuding families.
vedette
the female lead star, the center of attention
In any movie, Natalie Portman is always the vedette.
obloquy
harsh public criticism and verbal abuse
FBI director Cheatle already is facing universal obloquy.
winnowed
sifting out only the best
Not counting suicides, the original 2000 premed students at the University of Michigan was winnowed down to 137 by the time of graduation.
indefeasible
not able to be annulled or defeated
By move 15 my position was indefeasible.
guileless
clueless, naive
The guileless students don’t even understand which river and sea they want Palestine to have, ie the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
tropism
the innate tendency to react to a stimulus
Unfortunately, the hard-learned tropism of many inner city Blacks is violence.
unasinous
equally stupid
Joe and Jill are unasinous.
cockalorum
a self important little man
Fauci is a cockalorum.
latifundian
One who is rich in real estate
Marty is a latifundian.
paraph
a flourish in a signature to prevent forgery
My paraph is a bit ostentatious.
veridical
truthful
Entanglement is veridical.
pervicacity
stubborness
Biden’s pervicacity is legend.
couturier
a fashion designer
In September all couturiers descend upon Paris.
eudaemonism, eudaemonia
a system of ethics that stresses morality only if it leads to happiness
Unfortunately, modern dissolute society has found eudaemonia in the excessive care of yippy, little French Bulldogs, rather than in the love of sacrificial Christ.
hegira
a journey taken to avoid danger
After Jesus’ birth Joseph took his young family on a hegira to Egypt.
Attican
characterized by simple Athenian elegance
The Attican home was beautiful.
superannuation
becoming useless with age
The superannuation of Biden and McConnell is complete.
egroted
to feign sickness to avoid work
Roz egroted in Acapulco, calling Frasier at home with an incriminating Mariachi band in the background.
sippet
a small piece of bread to dip into sauce
The sourdough baguette was the perfect sippet for the Shrimp Scampi.
simulacrum
an inferior imitation
Transvestites are mere simulacrums, both physically and mentally, of magnificent real women.
