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Vocabulary 7 > Deck V > Flashcards

Deck V Flashcards

1
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sprent with

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speckled or spotted

The night sky was sprent with stars.

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contiguous

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immediately adjacent

The Miami Airport is contiguous to Highway 836.

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preternatural

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beyond what is natural

I have a preternatural ability to sense positional soundness in chess.

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lachrymal

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tearful

Facing a scary possible cancer diagnosis I am lachrymal lately.

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laconic

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using a few precise words

Father Dennison was very laconic and wise.

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parsimonious

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extremely unwilling to spend money

Unless Congress becomes parsimonious the Nation will be bankrupt like China.

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7
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persiflage

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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.”

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solipsistic

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characterized by the belief that only oneself exists and that everyone and everything else is imaginary

California is overrun by solipsistic zombies in Teslas.

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prepossessing

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charming, attractive in manner or appearance

Dr. Jennifer Melfi in the Sopranos is prepossessing.

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Aesopian

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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.

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11
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centripitalization

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a move towards the center

The political centripitalization of Facebook and Apple fool no-one.

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fons et origo

Fonz ett or eego

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the source

Godlessness is the fons et origo of the current decay in America.

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13
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locus classicus

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the classic example

St. Augustine is the locus classicus of sinner turned Saint.

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tantamount

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equal in value

The Houthi’s repeated firing of rockets at the US Naval Fleet is tantamount to war.

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andragogy

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adult education

Spoken English or ESL andragogy should be required of all immigrants.

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brimborion

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something that is useless

Male drivers of overly large trucks are compensating for their obvious brimborion.

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neoteny

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prolonged infantilism

Liberals are the quintessential examples of neoteny.

18
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paracme

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past ones prime

Even paracme, the group Boston rocked.

19
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roinous

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mean and nasty

Beth Dutton is roinous red head in Yellowstone.

20
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fictile

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made of clay and moldable
fict = latin to mold

Sumerians were fond of fictile arts.

21
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felicitously

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done in a way that makes people happy

She felicitously handled the feuding families.

22
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vedette

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the female lead star, the center of attention

In any movie, Natalie Portman is always the vedette.

23
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obloquy

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harsh public criticism and verbal abuse

FBI director Cheatle already is facing universal obloquy.

24
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winnowed

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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.

25
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indefeasible

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not able to be annulled or defeated

By move 15 my position was indefeasible.

26
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guileless

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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.

27
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tropism

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the innate tendency to react to a stimulus

Unfortunately, the hard-learned tropism of many inner city Blacks is violence.

28
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unasinous

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equally stupid

Joe and Jill are unasinous.

29
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cockalorum

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a self important little man

Fauci is a cockalorum.

30
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latifundian

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One who is rich in real estate

Marty is a latifundian.

31
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paraph

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a flourish in a signature to prevent forgery

My paraph is a bit ostentatious.

32
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veridical

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truthful
Entanglement is veridical.

33
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pervicacity

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stubborness

Biden’s pervicacity is legend.

34
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couturier

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a fashion designer

In September all couturiers descend upon Paris.

35
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eudaemonism, eudaemonia

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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.

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hegira

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a journey taken to avoid danger

After Jesus’ birth Joseph took his young family on a hegira to Egypt.

37
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Attican

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characterized by simple Athenian elegance

The Attican home was beautiful.

38
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superannuation

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becoming useless with age

The superannuation of Biden and McConnell is complete.

39
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egroted

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to feign sickness to avoid work

Roz egroted in Acapulco, calling Frasier at home with an incriminating Mariachi band in the background.

40
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sippet

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a small piece of bread to dip into sauce

The sourdough baguette was the perfect sippet for the Shrimp Scampi.

41
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simulacrum

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an inferior imitation

Transvestites are mere simulacrums, both physically and mentally, of magnificent real women.

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