Ze Flashcards
furtive
stealthy
K. was casting furtive glances my way.
fustian
inflated words or writing
Fustian writing cannot hide a poor theme.
bowdlerize
to remove or expurgate parts of writing considered salacious
Thomas Bowdler , believe it or not,bowdlerized Shakespeare.
machismo
manliness
When did pink-shirted-little-shitty-dog-walking dweebs become the epitome of machismo.
hoi polloi
the dumb masses
Well its official!! The hoi-polloi outsmarted the even dumber soi-disant “brilliant liberals.”
insular
isolated from outside influences
Biden proved that an insular Presidency is really a Tyranny.
divulgate
to make publicly known, to divulge
Trump will divulgate the JFK files.
entelechy
the realization
The rebuilt St. Peters in Big Pine was the entelechy of 4 years of very hard labor and fundraising.
delitescent
hidden but with potential reemergence
latin delitescere = to lurk
Michael’s talents are many and delitescent.
habiliment
clothing
Winter habiliment is recommended in Alaska throughout the seasons.
intenerate
to soften
To intenerate wool fibers soak them in vinegar.
invidious
designed to create ill will
In 1919, the pissed off Allies forced the invidious Treaty of Versailles down the Germans throats.
libertine
one who is morally dissolute
Hunter is a libertine.
hew
to cling tightly to someone or something
The newborn chimp hewed to its Mother.
malleable
open to change
One grows spiritually by being malleable and penitent when you make a mistake.
arrant
out and out bad, truly bad, egregiously bad
The arrant behavior of Hillary Clinton is coming into the light of truth. She is indeed satanically evil.
Kierkagardian
characterized by existentialism themes of individual strength and free will in a meaningless amoral universe
Hey Lele! Show me a happy Kierkagardian.
chimera
an idea or thing that is unusually impractical and usually romantic
Romeo’s chimera is Juliet.
Carthusian
Unless we tame the IRS quickly we will all be Carthusian monks.
macarism
happiness through virtue
Catholicism does have the facet of macarism in its tenets.
a nebbish
A pitifully inadequate person
George Castanza was the quintessential nebbish.
amphigory
a meaningless and nonsensical piece of writing
Unfortunately her AP Essay on Voltaire devolved into an amphigory.
doctrinaire
dogmatic and unaccepting of other views
The doctrinaire lecture by the Professor did not inspire a later student discussion.
psaphonic
plotting ones rise to fame
Hitler was always psaphonic.
tumbril
a vehicle used to take the condemned to a place of execution
Trump is in power and the tumbrils are full.
tropism
an innate manner of reacting
The Liberal’s hackneyed tropism is “Trump bad”. But they do not understand that we no longer give a shit about them.
hackneyed
origin=London village known for drudgery horses
def= overused and tiresome
The liberal’s hackneyed phrase of “Trump bad” just isn’t believable anymore.
impleached
entwined or entangled
The fish became impleached in the Man of War’s long tentacles.
deonerate
to unburden oneself
I deonerate every Sunday to Father Filiare.
bangio
A brothel
Bangios preponderate in West Texas near Odessa.
rectopathic
butt hurt=easily emotionally hurt
Liberals are extremely rectopathic.
