deck_6637713 Flashcards
addlepated
mentally muddled
Biden’s brain is so addlepated it should be served with toast.
salutary
promoting health
Red wine is salutary.
to uitwaiin
dutchverb
to take a break, escape and clear ones mind
Amy uitwaiined at Captiva.
collation
a light meal
A collation before a race is advisable.
churlish
rude and surly
Is it me, or are drivers of Ram trucks with large knobby wheels churlish?
profligate
recklessly extravagant
I tend to be profligate.
mercurial
sudden unpredictable changes in mood
Trump isn’t frampold, he is just mercurial.
elapids
snakes with erect fangs
Cobras and coral snakes are elapids.
decoct
to extract the essence of a thing by boiling it
The herbs were being decocted by the witches when in walked McBeth.
munificent
lavishly generous
I tend to be munificent.
quash
to void or nullify
She quashed my dream of a snorkel vacation
pettifoggery
Little mindedness
ABC’s “The View” is a stultifying study in pettifoggery.
soubrette
a flirtatious young women
She was a petite red headed soubrette.
ineluctable
not capable of being avoided
I am afraid a World War is ineluctable.
exiguous
meager
The sanction results are exiguous.
eldritch
eerie
The children ran past the eldritch old mansion.
bricoleur
a do it your selfer
Joe is a bricoleur.
apoplectic
overcome with anger
Putin became apoplectic and launched the nukes.
revanchism
the desire to vengefully regain lost territory
Russian revanchism is again rampant.
franion
a habitual merrymaker
Rita is the quintessential franion.
phantasmagoria
a sequence of imaginary images as if in a dream
I awoke from my phantasmagoria of failures.
frampold
peevish, touchy
Trump is a bit frampold at times.
culvert
a water conduit passing beneath a road
The culvert was dammed with debris and flooded the road.
deonerate
to unburden
I will deonerate myself at Confession on Saturday.
trepverter
a too-late brilliant comeback
The trepverter popped into my mind later that night.
confabulate
to talk, or engage in conversation
Let’s sit down, cross our legs, and confabulate.
iconoclast
a person who attacks cherished beliefs
Lenin, the leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution, was an iconoclast.
reticent
not readily revealing one’s feelings or thoughts
When it comes to denying our simian heritage, I am not reticent at all.
boorish
rough and bad mannered
The bars of Boston are full of boorish individuals.
philistine
a person who is hostile or indifferent to the arts and learningthe philistine black educational groups call standard math and english racist
marplot
one who hinders the success of a plot or plan
Always the marplot, he canceled our funding.
emeritus or emerita
a retired male or female professor
The emeritus married the emerita at the College Church.
clement
mild mannered
The weather has been quite clement.
perorate
to speak in a lengthy pompous manner
Bumptious Bama and Sebastian Gorka perorate all the time; what asses!
tartle
to hesitate upon meeting someone because you have forgotten their name
I tartle all the time.
bruxing
nervous teeth grinding
Dad’s nocturnal bruxing caused me to sleep downstairs.
cupola
a round dome on top of a roof
The cupola at St Peters Basilica is immense.
struisvogelpolitiek
acting as if you did not notice that something bad happened esp in politics…ostrich politics
MSM’s struisvogelpolitik of Hunter’s incriminating laptop ensured Biden’s victory.
colloquy
a discussion
Lets have a colloquy at the colloquium.
colloquium
an academic seminar
Lets have a colloquy at the colloquium.
elegy
a lament for the deadthe elegy for the parkland shooting was lugubrious
lugubrious
sounding sad or mournful
Freunden no more of these lugubrious tones.
veridical
truthful
A veridical Mainstream Media is lost forever.
dragooned
to force somebody into doing something
Many of the Russian troops were dragooned to fight the war in Ukraine.
sylph
a mythical sprite woman lovely, and thin
Elena was a sylph.
bashment
a large party
At 40 I had a birthday bashment.
moil
work hard
Many people moil for wealth, and then find that they still are not happy.
emollient
a skin softener or soother
She applied an emollient to the sunburn.
cognoscenti
those in the know
The cognoscenti of black holes believe in Hawking radiation
shamble
to walk awkwardly with shuffling feet
My walk is a shambling keysish walk in loafers and no socks.
objets trouve
refound objects of the past that are interesting
The attic was stuffed with objets trouve.
dado
the lower part of a wall distinct from the upper part also a
wood joinery groove cut across the grain
The dado in the palace was highly ornamental.
wabi-sabi
buhddist japanese noun
finding beauty in imperfections, or the acceptance of the cycle of life and death
Broken Roman sculptures are Wabi-sabi.
colporteur
a door to door seller of books
I fondly remember the World Book Encyclopedia colporteurs of the 1960s.
entelechy
the realization of potential
My entelechy at Servite was noticed by all the teachers.
elephantine
large and clumsy
Kevin is a loveable elephantine kind of guy.
buteonine
pertaining to buzzards
The buteonine land fills are disgusting.
adventitious
accidental
His fame is purely adventitious.
boite
a small club or cabaret
“We are all out of boites!”, cried Niles.
proselytize
to overbearingly try and convert someone to their religion
Islamists proselytize with knives.
rheumy
red and watery, as if ill ,
Tired or drunk, he had rheumy eyes.
tiam
the twinkle in your eye when you meet someone special
The tiam in her eye , meant a lot to me.
kintsukuroi
noun the repair of broken pottery with gold making it more beautiful
For having been broken, the beautiful broken vase was repaired with kintsukuroi.
emulous
desirous of , or rivaling
Ellen’s younger sister was emulous of my attention.
comestible
edible
Little on the island, especially taro root, was comestible.
redact
to edit out sensitive aspects of a document
The fisa warrant was heavily redacted.
finial
the pointed ornament atop a roof
Many finials are antique lightening rods.
apothegm
a concise pithy saying
Churchill coined many witty apothegms.
elide
to leave out a sound or syllable in a word or sentence
“Hello y’all!” , she elided.
caballine
suitable for a horse
She was unable to swallow the caballine pill.
commensurate
corresponding in amount
The punishment should be commensurate with the crime.
anon
shortly
I will be there anon.
nunchi
nun chee
noun korean
the act of listening to someones speech to gauge their mood
Wrt to Kim Jung Il, Trump is adept at the art of nunchi.
nazlanmaked
saying no but meaning yes
When I first asked her out on a date she nazlanmaked, and so I politely persisted.
emunctory
adj of wiping the nose
Flu season is upon us and all are involved in emunctory acts.
comport
to behave oneself and act appropriately
Please comport yourself when you meet the Queen.
blurb
a brief description on a book jacket
After reading the blurb I bought the book.
frieze
a broad band of painted or sculpted decoration along a wall
We stood in awe of the Minoan friezes
quadrate
to conform
That does not quadrate with the facts.
elocution
to deliver a speech in a clear and persuasive manner
Peeloosee, in her dotage, is incapable of elocution.
cacoethes
an overwhelming bad desire, a bad habit.
Society is overwhelmed by a cacoethes to weblogi.
commination
a threat of vengeance, esp divine
Living in Sodom and Gomorrah commination is ever present.
akihi
noun hawaiian
the prompt forgetting of given street directions
As he maundered on , about how to get to the Louvre, my eyes glazed over and akihi set in.
croodle
to nestle together
I love to croodle with Amy by the fire.
encomiastic
laudatory
CNN’s encomiastic praise of Obama was predictable.
conciliate
to placate
We cannot conciliate Putin.
boondoggle
a wasteful activity
The Build Back Better Bill is a boondoggle.
dormer
an upright window under a sloping roof
The dormer blew out in the hurricane.
rifacimento
an adaptation of a book to a movie, or play
I anticipate the rifacimento of Kristin Hannah’s book, “The Nightingale”.
eloigned
to be moved to a distant location
After testifying against Hillary, he was eloigned to a secret location in remotest Siberia.
caitiff
a despicable coward
The caitiff deputy cowered behind the squad car as the children were shot.
concinnity
literary eloquence
i am always impressed by tolstoy’s concinnity
dishabille
a state of undress
I arrived at the interview hungover and in dishabille, but still was accepted.
autodidact
one who is self taught
I am an autodidact.
deracinate
uproot
We must deracinate Isis.
goya
virtual, or make believe that seems real
The Metaverse is peurile and will never achieve goya.
inglenook
a corner by the fire
We love the cozy inglenook.
ennervate
to remove strength or vigor
After Delilah’s crew cut Samson felt enervated.
condign
appropriate for the crime
I doubt JustMe SmellIt will receive a condign punishment.
runcible
a spork or spoon and a fork
gable
a roof with two sloping sides
The snow slid off the gable
postiche
a toupee or feigned or counterfeit
My postiche performance at SLOB fooled them.
elucubrate
to toil over a written piece
He elucubrated over his late term paper.
caliginous
dark and gloomy
It was a caliginous portrait of famous doctors at Johns Hopkins, and it gave me the creeps.
congeries
a disorderly collection
Pirates were a congeries of miscreants.
miscreant
a person who behaves badly or breaks the law
Pirates were a congeries of miscreants.
honne and tattemae
what a person really believes in and will share with friends
My honne is known at Home, and my tattemae known in Town.
tatemae
what a person pretends to believe to avoid confrontation
In this cancel culture it is well advised to stick to one’s tatemae.
tacenda
matters better left unsaid
Never go to sleep with tacenda on your and your wife’s mind
drachenfutter
gifts given by a husband to a wife when he has been bad
JFK gave drachenfutter pearls to Jackie O. all the time.
entomophagous
insect eating
John the Baptist was entomophagous.
consanguineous
related by blood to the same ancestor
Frasier and Niles were consanguineous to thieves and whores.
adulate
to show excessive admiration
The liberals no longer adulate addlepated Biden.
gnomon
an indicative rod on a sundial casting a shadow and showing the time
Trump is the gnomon of a new time in our democracy.
additament
an added thing
The layover in Paris was a pleasant additament.
lucubrate
to study intensely esp at night
Katy lucubrated at Duke.
elute
to dissolve
Drug eluting stents are passe.
callithumping
loud noisy boisterous
The little shitty car went racing by us with its callithumping bass.
conspectus
a synopsis or summary
The conspectus states there was no Russian collusion.
chiliastic
dealing with things a thousand years from now
Asimov was a chiliastic author.
balter
to dance artlessly but enjoyably
I balter at ballet.
szimpatikus
noun
hungarian
Your initial impression of a person that they are good
My szimpatikus upon meeting Amy was correct.
ephemeral
fleeting, short lived
Life is ephemeral.
accrete
to add to something and make it bigger
Snow accreted to the snowball as we rolled it along the ground.
jamb
the side surface of a door or window
The jambs are so warped thy need to be replaced.
parogoge
to add additional letters or sounds, antonym =elide
Amongst vs among is a parogoge example.
adscititious
an unexpected additional benefit
We bought the house in the winter and adscititious tulips sprung up in spring.
em
a typesetting space the width of an m
candent
glowing as if from intense heat
Please keep my love of you, Jesus, candent.
contumacy
disobedience
The contumacy of a two year old is predictable.
tarantism
the uncontrollable urge to dance
The music started and all the guests were seized by tarantism.
forelsket
the euphoria of first being in love
I will always remember my first forelsket with Ellen.
epicene
feeble, male femininization or characterized by both sexes
Our self-loathing, epicene culture is deservedly laughed at by the World.
portmanteaux
a fusion of two words
Chortle, to chukle and snort, is a portmanteaux
joists
parallel support beams in the roof or floor
The joists were rotten.
precisian
a person who is rigidly precise
Evan Owens was a precisian.
emblements
crops grown on an acreage
The cost of emblements have soared this year.
canorous
melodious and musical
All of Mozart’s works are canorous.
contumelious
insolent ie arrogant and rude and reproachful or blameful
Putin is contumelious towards his Generals.
objurgation
harsh reproof or accusation
Her objurgation about my bad habit led me to stop.
illaudable
not admirable
History will record Biden’s presidency as illaudable.
velleity
the state of desiring something but making no effort to act upon it
My becoming a gm is a velleity.
mirabiliary
a wonder or miracle worker
Compared to Biden, Trump is a mirabiliary.
aeolist
a blustering windbag
Hilary is a first degree aeolist, and should shoot and sputter about the room like an overinflated balloon.
tretar
the third cup of coffee
I have not yet had my tretar.
epistolic
contained or revealed in letters
The novel is epistolic.
cremains
the ashes of the cremated
Father Dennison’s cremains were spread across the water.
keep
a stronghold
The keep was surrounded by a moat.
ideologue
an impractical idealist
Green Deal ideologues suffer from proctocephaly.
empennage
The rear rudder and stabilizer of a plane
The A10 landed without its empennage.
carriwitchet
a funny absurd quip
I lost an electron said the hydrogen atom. I am positive.
corrigenda
typos and mistakes in a book
The publishers finally released the corrigenda to the calculus textbook.
languid
disinclined to physical exertion
I feel languid on beta blockers.
deipnosophist
one skilled at intellectual dinner talk
I am a deipnosophist.
kabelsalat
a tangle of cables
I have unwound the electronic charger kabelsalat.
eponymous
giving one’s name to a place
They climbed eponymous Pike’s Peak, but found no pike to fish.
cinematheque
a small movie theatre given to artistic or off beat worksthe tropic is a cinematheque
keystone
the locking stone at the top of an arch
The keystone gave way and the arch collapsed.
vicinal
in the vicinity
The phone app Nearby tells me what vicinal amenities are about.
empressment
an excessive display of cordiality
Pip was beset by the empressment of toadies seeking favors.
cavil
to raise trivial objections
The spoiled starlet continues to cavil about her suite at the Four Seasons.
corrigible
capable of being corrected
I am corrigible.
erlebnisse
deeply felt experiences
I fondly recall the erlebnisse of getting engaged to Amy.
nazurdu
the pride and self assured feeling of being unconditionally loved
I have nazurdu due to God.
carmine
crimson red
Daphne wore a stunning high-slit carmine gown to to the ball.
eristic
disputatious
I enjoy The Five because it is eristic.
a horizontal structural piece supporting the load above a door or window
the dry rotted lintel above the main entance collapsed the second floor
limitrophe
nations, states or territories that are bordering another nation
Unfortunately, it is the NATO limitrophes that have caused the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
empyreal
elevated or sublime
The stars at night in Kannah Creek were an empyreal spectacle.
celeritous
quick or rapid in manner
He experienced a celeritous decline in health.
corybantic
frenzied
The Russian markets opened to a precipitous and corybantic decline.
labrose
having large lips
Many Africans are labrose.
ne plus ultra
the ultimate example of perfection
Grace Kelly was the ne plus ultra of a classy bitch.
carceral
imprisoning
The epitome of carceral punishment to Gen Xers is losing ones Twitter account.
descipience
foolishness
I must decease my descipience in buying additional math books.
abrogate
to do away with
The usa will abrogate the Iran Nuclear Treaty.
lambent
lightly flickering
The lambent candles threw eerie shadows.
paralogism
faulty reasoning
All illegal immigrants are criminals is a conservative paralogism.
apodictic
clearly established
The Big Bang is apodictic.
sobremesa
after dinner talk
After dinner the sobremesa was held over brandy and cigars. I declined and went home to my wife.
saudade
a strong nostalgia for something or someone lost
Mom continues her saudade over Henry and Daisy.
birling
spinning a log by treading upon it
Snowboarding and birling are now an Olympic events.
esculent
edible tasty
I am a carnivore. I cannot abide even an esculent vegan diet.
machiolation
a floor opening in a castle walls walkway to drop projectiles or hot oil
The flaming oil was dropped down the machiolation onto his enemies.
appanage
a necessary accompaniment
Calculus is an appanage to advanced physics.
endemic
a widespread condition
Covid is endemic.
cete
a group of badgers
I would rather be slowly eaten by a cete of badgers then go to another SCVS meeting.
cozen
to cheat or defraud
Do not cozen the IRS.
nostrum
an ineffective quick fix
Starving oneself is a nostrum for weight loss.
provincial
limited in scope, simple minded
Duh shut down oil production and gas prices go up…How provincial can you get?
cuckquean
a female cuckold, or the act creating such
Melania has been cuckqueaned by Donald.
furibund
enraged
When he accused me of being racist, I became furibund and beat the shit out of him.
nimiety
excess
I have a nimiety of books.
nugatory
trifling , of no value
Bitcoin will soon be nugatory.
tractable
easy to control
Will is not a tractable child.
disabuse
to persuade someone they are wrong
I will disabuse you of that notion.
sutee
the hindu practice of a widow throwing herself on her husbands pyre
The practice of Sutee has not caught on fire , pun intended , in Hollywood.
quop
to pulsate, throb, beat
Seeing her, his heart quopped.
