February 2021 Flashcards
despotism
dictatorship, absolutism
subterfuge
deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, evade or escape
stratagem
a trick or scheme for gaining an end, often in war.
legerdemain
Sleight of hand
Display of skill or adriotness
harangue
n. A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering.
n. A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade.
To deliver a harangue to
to harangue
diatribe
A diatribe, also known less formally as rant, is a lengthy oration, though often reduced to writing, made in criticism of someone or something, often employing humor, sarcasm, and appeals to emotion.
facetious
Playfully jocular; humorous.
Sportive; jocular, without lack of dignity; abounding in fun: as, a facetious companion.
Full of pleasantry; playful, but not undignified; exciting laughter: as, a facetious story.
prothalamion
: a song in celebration of a marriage
indissoluble
not able to be dissolved, i.e., incapable of being annulled, broken, undone
delineated
described in great detail
serendipity vehicle
imagine a train that goes through your village and some interesting people take it every now and then and come and say hi. Basically, you want to make that train go to as many places as you can to have more cool people come to say hi.
The idea regarding robots: Putting ideas on the internet is like giving robots these ideas who work non-stop to share those deliver your ideas to people around all the world. Cool thing is, you do something once and the robots share this for the rest of their life.
The things that come into your life because of this are beyond your imagination.
Similar to the butterfly effect.
cognoscente
apersonwho hasexpertknowledgein asubject:connoisseur
emanata
in comics: Text or icons that represent what’s going on in the character’s head.
suffonsified
To have had enough to eat, to be full.
Apparently of Canadian origin.
vacuous
vapid, unintelligent, inane
Emptied
