Deck Z Flashcards
shanked
becoming rotted at the base of a tree or plant
Palm trees as they age become shanked and fall over in mild tropical storms.
praxis
One’s usual routine or practice
My morning praxis is to swim two miles.
de haut en bas
condescending in manner
Kamala explained de haute en bas to the financial specialists, her theory on how to successfully impose price controls on the Grocery Stores usurious 1.5% margins.
bellicose
aggressive and warlike
It is clearly apparent to any creodont with a brain the diameter of a pea, that Islamic immigrants are bellicose.
naif
a naive person
It is clear to me that Kamala is a naif on all positions except those in the Kama Sutra.
stultifying
causing a person to appear stupid and ridiculous
The debate between Trump and Biden proved stultifying for the latter.
extortionate
characterized by the use of extortion
Extortionate Oil Cartels are driving up the price of crude
luciferous
characterized by providing enlightenment
Unfortunately college education is no longer luciferous.
impetration
a pitiful begging
My impetration failed to get the car dealer to sell me the used Toyota.
prodigality
reckless spending
Our government’s prodigality will ruin this country.
Coueism
coo AY ism
psychology branch of optimism
“Everyday in every way I am getting better and better.” Chief Inspector Dreyfuss
vaticination
prophecy
vaticinaio=latin=prophecy
The vaticination of stock market movement by Elliot Wave Theory is questionable in my mind.
redolent
sweet smelling
We received the redolent roses.
inimitable
not able to be imitated
Michael Phelps is an inimitable Olympian.
numen
a divinity or god
Baal is a satanic numen.
diffident
shy and modest
As a marmish secretary to the Big Boss for the past twenty years, she was too diffident to ever ask for a raise. Sadly, that was why he hired her.
to quail
to cower in fear
Sinners quail beneath the wrath of God.
risible
provoking laughter at something or someones ludicrousness
The alley of clowns are was risible.
cataphatic
defining God or important ideas in positive terms
Coueism is a cataphatic psychology.
tracasseries
petty annoyances
The tracasseries of costive roadways has hit the Lower Keys. “ Mus’ be lobstah season.”
faex populi
FIE ex POP yul ee
the dregs of society
faex=latin=dregs
The NYC streets are bemuted with faex populi.
omnibus
providing for many things at once
A Congress omnibus bill used to be a beneficence for many people. Now its a red flag for deception, and pork overspending.
metanoia
a significant change in ones beliefs
Since my metanoia, I no longer care about worldly things.
wuthering
wind blowing forcefully
The wuthering hurricane struck the coast.
vainglorious
boasting and prideful
Trump tends to be vainglorious.
balatron
a self-indulgent , nonsense babbling, buffoon
Whoopi is a balatron.
supramundane
Transcending the physical world
God is supramundane.
prolegomenon
a preliminary discussion, or prologue
Its too late to change your theme, as the prolegomenon has already been written.
filiopiestic
excessive reverence for tradition
The surgical trade is filiopiestic by nature and evolves, if at all, slowly.
palsied
paralyzed
Saturday Morbidity and Mortality conferences ran on to palsied lengths on one of our only days of “freedom” from indentured servitude.
malversation
improper conduct in ones office or ones job
The Democrats are experts at malversation.
opsimath
One who learns late in life
I am an opsimath.
cataleptic
rigidity in schizophrenia
The cataleptic patient was moved into position to receive my ping-pong serve.
fleeted
felicitous, starry, piquant
It has been 50 yrs since Ellen’s and my fleeted romance.
traduced
slandered
Trump is suing every mainstream media that traduced him.
exiguous
scant or meager
Pepex failed because of exiguous funding.
wontless
unaccustomed
The beggar was wontless to such a lavish meal.
piquant
pleasantly stimulating=mid french
Ellen and my meeting was piquant.
knavish
mischievous
John is knavish while Michael is stolid.
