Zd Flashcards
estop
to put an end to something
Hopefully Trump will estop the corrupt FBI and CIA.
granitic
hard , unyielding
Henry V’s granitic will conquered France in 1420.
le mot juste
the perfect word
Gill: “Cheesy! Ah yes, le mot juste. What aptitude you possess?”
fain
happily
I would fain help you, but I am in Florida.
Babelize
to make something confused
Biden loves to Babelize.
sinistral
left-handed
Sinistral surgical instruments are expensive.
Sardanapalian
as decadent and luxurious as Ashurbanipal of Assyria…which he wasn’t btw
Our two weeks at Wakatobi were Sardanapalian.
chevauchee
a calvary raid
Thomas, Henry’s youngest brother, was killed in a chevauchee he led in France in 1421.
palaver
profuse and idle talk
I weary of the constant Liberal palaver.
swot
a student who studies assiduously
I was the class swot at Servite.
abstergent
adj
cleansing
Listening to Bach has an abstergent power to clear one’s mind of the present troubles.
stayed
pt verb
to be stopped
“Hitler was the fate of Germany and this fate could not be stayed.”
Field Marshal Walther Commander of The German Army
campanulate
bell-shaped
campanula =latin little bell
The sea was full of campanulate jellyfish.
cacoethes
an uncontrollable desire
Though they had met only minutes before, he had a cacoethes to kiss her.
sinologist
a historian of China
Just like Russia, with every change of Supreme Ruler Chinese sinologists rewrite their history.
retinue
a group of hired employees that follow a person of importance
I, and millions of others, do not trust the Secret Service retinue that follows Trump.
lapping
the practice of adjusting financials to hide money losses due to one’s fraud
Gavin Newsome will be indicted for lapping millions of tax dollars slated for new reservoirs in California.
lacis
a mesh like pattern of lace or a network
A lacis of British Agents was deeply embedded in the NAZI party.
arbitrage
the purchase of a commodity at one price in one region and the sale of that same commodity for a higher price in different region
The “Yen Carry” is a classic arbitrage that just went bust.
ineluctable
not able to be changed
The shift of the United States to Trump , MAGA, and its agenda is ineluctable.
tendentious
having a definite tendency,bias or purpose
Hitler’s Mein Kempf was a tendentious, diaristic work trying to legitimize his faults through the blame of others.
wanton
sexually unrestrained
“That’s enough out of you…you wanton trollop.”
sachet
a single use plastic packet
He sat there disgustingly sucking on a sachet of mayonnaise.
palaver
profuse and idle talk
It is palaver with unknown people that drives me crazy at parties.
abrogation
rescission, the act of doing away with something
Point 2 of the NAZI manifesto was the immediate abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles.
indemnify
to secure someone from future liability
Britain required that Germany indemnify it for the “criminal destruction it had caused “.
diktat
a harshly dictated peace agreement
The diktat of The Treaty of Versailles was directly responsible for causing The Second World War.
scapegrace
a complete rogue, an untrustworthy and dishonest person
Where is that scapegrace son of mine?
prolixity
the state of being tediously wordy
Why do all politicians suffer from prolixity?
to cote
to surpass
In heaven, we will cote these mortal bounds.
prorogue
to postpone or delay
The Senate is deliberately proroguing Trump’s Cabinet picks.
impute
to ascribe something to something or someone else
I impute my paternal rearing methods to the warped mirror of my own Father.
bathycolpian
deep breasted
The errant ear ring fell off her ear and plunged into bathycolpian delight.
beguiled
to trick by flattery or flirting
The serpent beguiled Eve.
