deck_7061576 Flashcards
kalpa
the passing of time on a grand scale
the kalpa of the universe puts our ephemeral lives to shame
cryptoscopophilia
the urge to look into the windows of others homes
frasier’s cryptoscopophilia worried daphne
aleatory
depending on chance
His success was purely aleatory.
eclat
a brilliant display
Lang Lang’s eclat is renowned.
dandle
to bounce on ones knee or play in ones lap
the proud father dandled his son upon his knee
dastardly
a dastard = a caitiff, a despicable coward
the dastardly guard that hid during the school shooting was thrown into prison
expostulatory
characterised by demanding earnestly
she wrote an expostulatory letter for her husband’s release from the iranian prison
geste
an adventurous talebeau
geste “ the beautiful adventure” is about the saharan foreign legion
flying buttress
an arched support from the top of a wall to a lateral upright pier in the groundtransfers the outer wall collapse force to the ground
parapet
a low protective wall on the edge of the keep’s roof or balcony to offer protection behind
enigmatic
puzzling
Quantum theory is enigmatic.
enjambment
a run on phrase or sentence
faulkner was fond of enjambments
clinquant
glittering in a tawdry way
Like tinsel,the clinquant “fools gold” hypnotized the amateur miner
clishmaclaver
casual gossip
Clishmaclaver got Bulldog fired.
cafune
to run your fingers through a loved ones hair
the mother cafuned her newborn’s mop of hair
res gestae
the events leading up to or circumstances surrounding an event
the res gestae of my downfall are understandable
phosphenes
the stars you see when you rub your eyes
after my glaucoma surgery the phosphenes were less in number than before
decolletage
the low cut neck of a dress
crab dip fell down her decolletage
decorum
correct behavior
decorum dictates you curtsy before the queen
expugnable
capable of being thoroughly defeated
Taiwan’s position is expugnable.
impugnable
open to attack
His position is impugnable, and also I might say expugnable.
dunned
repeated demands for payments
i was dunned by creditors
impassible
incapable of feeling emotions or pain
The ideal soldier, to some, is an impassible automaton.
crenellation
the rectangular spaces along a parapet through which weapons were shot or used
battlement
a parapet with its regularly spaced crenellations
enjoin
to order someone to do something
He was enjoined to be more frugal.
enmity
mutual dislike
There was enmity between ali and frasier
conglobate
to fashion into a globe or ball
She conglobated her yarn so the kitten could play with it.
consuetude
custom
Local consuetude cares about community.
hexaemeron
the treatise describing the six days of creation
Is the hexaemeron fictitious?
dormiveglia
the state between sleeping and waking
He stumbled around in a state of dormiveglia.
decrescent
waning as the moon
The decrescent moon hung in the deep blue fall dusk
fabular
as of a fable
The fabular writing of Mark Twain has entertained generations.
wether
a castrated billy goat or ram
I wonder whether wethers wither in the heat
embrasure
an outwardly beveled portal in a parapet
merlon
the solid part of the parapet between the nothches or crenellations
ennui
apathy due to boredom
The rothschild heir was beset by ennui
specie
coins
i deal in gold specie
distrait
distraught and distracted
After the news of his inoperable cancer, he was distrait.
perforce
necessarily,
Keegan perforce must leave.
eristic
argumentative
Wfb was an eristic sort of guy.
palladium
anything believed to offer protection as did pallas athena to the greeks
We desperately need a palladium on our border…a border fence.
fleshpot
places of luxurious hedonistic living
The fleshpot of the Four Seasons Hotel.
sublunary
belonging to the mundane physical world vs the sublime spiritual world
I loathe the sublunary world.
en regle
in a proper fashion
It was all done en regle.
fortnight
fourteen days
We will stay a fortnight.
hobbledehoy
a clumsy awkward youththat hobbledehoy actually has a girlfriend
demurely
shyly
What about sex? she asked demurely.
sere
dry and withered
the sere driftwood burnt quickly in the bonfire
levant
to run away and leave unpaid debtslevanting is on the rise given the credit crisis
officious
meddlesome , playing the role of an official in other peoples affairs
Take care of your own problems. Don’t be officious.
reproof
blame
The reproof for the shitty state of things lies at the Democrat’s feet. But no one cares anymore.
epicure
one who delights in fine foods
morris is an epicure
rill
a small stream
kannah creek is a rill
bourn
a goal or destination
Again he is off to some unkown bourn.
sylph
a spirit of the air
The sylph cast a spell over the Prince.
capricious
given to changes in mood
Chrissy is capricious.
vouchsafe
to grant a favor graciously
Do you vouchsafe your love for me, Desdemona asked Othello.
parterre
an ornamental garden
the parterre at the hearst castle is magnificent
seraglio
a women’s apartment in an ottoman sultan’s residence
The Arab Prince left for her seraglio
equanimity
mental eveness of temperment
chrissy lacks equanimity
machinations
Plottings
Thomas Shelby’s machinations caught his opponent’s by surprise.
Jacobins
far left politicians of the French Revolution in charge of the guillotine
the Jacobins have taken over the house of representatives
diaphanous
sheer and nearly transparentshe wore a diaphanous negligee
licentious
lewdness, lacking moral restraint
The sex scene in the movie was licentious.
importuning
constant urgent solicitationher importuning for justice in her husbands murder won over the judge
incede
to advance in a stately manner
the bride will incede up the aisle
rococo
overly elaborate
the rococo trump residence is all gilded
hidebound
inflexible and narrow mindedaoc is a hidebound socialist
omnibus
providing for multiple things at one time
The trillion dollar porked -out omnibus bill passed in the House
fustian
noun
pompousness
Aoc ‘s fustian and stupidity are an embarrassment.
fait accompli
a thing already donea socialist america is not a fait accompli
necromancy
black magic
Necromancy is dangerous.
vade mecum
a reference book
A true vade mecum should bend the shelf upon which it sits…like the oed.
halation
a ring of light blurring an image
halation is a sign of cataracts
ingenuous
naive
The second and ingenuous Mrs. DeWinter was overwhelmed at Manderlay.
firebrand
a person passionate about a radical cause
AOC is a a dumb, green firebrand.
gainsay
deny, dispute
One cannot gainsay the redoubtable Ali.
mandarin
an ornate over refined stylehenry james mandarin writing causes confusion in many readers
numinous
divine magical
Lang Lang’s numinous style is without peer.
ratiocination
the process of logical reasoning
Math theory requires creative ratiocination.
metier
an area of one’s expertise or calling
Medicine is my metier.
zeugma
a double duty verb
In Washington, We serve the people and Lunch.
portent
an evil warning sign
He ignored the portent of the black cat of yesterday, and continued his 20 story, netless, hi-wire, unicycle act.
levity
lacking in seriousness
Levity at a funeral is inappropriate.
preciosity
excessive fastidiousness
Niles’ preciosity pisses off Fraser.
impenitent
not repenting from sini am not impenitent
mammon
Evil riches are mammon.
turpitude
disgraceful conducttrump’s turpitude may haunt him
feckless
ineffective
congress is feckless
volubly
a constant flow of words
The excited Dublin whores spoke volubly of Stephen’s misbehavior at the brothel.
gravamen
the main aspect of a complaint Portnoy’s gravamen was she spurned him.
pace
pay cee
With all due respect
Pace, I know what I am doing.
puckish
mischievous
Captain Jack Sparrow’s puckish behavior attracted her.
soi-disant
so calledthe soi-disant sailor
woolgathering
aimless talk
In awkward situations with Paul Kelly, I resorted to woolgathering.
nugatory
of no importance, trifling my opinion is not nugatory
vox populi
the voice of the peopletrump is our president, that is the vox populi
illaudable
not admirablethat behavior is illaudable
baleful
harmful , menacing
Putin cast a baleful glare at Zelensky.
malum in se
wrong in itself by nature, irregardless of law
Abortion is malum in se.
meliorist
the belief that mankind can make the world a better placei am not a meliorist
fractious
peevish irritablei can be fractious without coffee
pro forma
following a standard format
The pro forma Presidential Speech was again with a creepy, whispering, Biden.
malapert
boldly disrespectful of superiors
The child, although brilliant, is also a malapert.
fulsome
sickeningly excessive
The MSM’s fulsome praise lauded upon Biden, who is clearly incompetent, is not seconded by the vast majority of the USA.
hebdomadal
occurring weekly
Its time for our hebdomadal crossword puzzle.
gulled
deceived
I was gulled by her charms.
obiter dicta
passing remarks
The malicious obiter dicta in the office convinced him that he should be wary.
debouch
to emerge
The crystalline blue Gunnison debouched from the black canyon.
obsign
to confirm or enact by signing
Trump obsigned the antiabortion bill.
proffer
to offer or put forth
I hereby proffer my resignation.
indite
to set down in writing
He indited a poem to her.
stolid
unemotional
The condemned prisoner remained stolid as the death sentence was read.
gyre
to whirl
The tornado gyred through the town.
ben trovato
appropriate for the situationhis words to her were ben trovato
demur
objection
He obeyed the King’s heinous demands without demur.
persiflage
frivolous talk
Its all ephemera and persiflage.
tractable
easy to controlwill is not a tractable child
naif
a naive person
The new naif arrived at Manderlay.
gasconading
boasting
Trumps gasconading bothers many in Washington.
suzerainty
absolute authority
The suzerainty of the Supreme Court is unquestionable.
sanguine
hopefuli am sanguine about the future
oligarchy
rule by a small group of powerful people
Global oligarchy is the goal of the new world order.
obstreperous
difficult to control
Will is obstreperous ie not tractable.
marcescent
withered
Jesus kissed the leper’s marcescent hand.
ombudsman
a mediator
The ombudsman reminded the University President of the famous Father’s lavish donations.
exegete
a person skilled in analysis and explanation , especially of a text
Chris reich is an exegete of Joyces Ulysses.
implacable
unable to be appeased
Michael was implacable after he lost BiBi the Blanket.
estimable
worthy of great respect
I never cared to be estimable.
proem
a short preface
i always read a book’s proem to understand the author’s focus
cf prolegomenon a long preface or introductory essay
ex cathedra
ultimately authoritative
The Pope’s pronouncements are always ex cathedra.
necropolis
a large cemetary in an ancient citya necropolis was found near the khufu pyramids
ethos
the prevailing attitude or spirit of something
“Manyana” is the ethos of the keys.
panegyric
a public praiseful speechBiden delivered a panegyric on the Green New Deal…As I snickered.
