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Question 1

beleaguered

Answer 1

besieged, hemmed in and harassed

Although liberal media constantly attacks Trump, he is hardly beleaguered by them. They are like gnats to be insouciantly waved away.

Question 2

belletrism or belletristic

Answer 2

the over concern with highly ornate language rather than substance

The rough draft was belletristic and in need of a vicious editor.

Question 3

invective

Answer 3

criticism in the harshest terms

I sat before The Board’s invective onslaught with nary a care.

Question 4

inveigle

Answer 4

to deceive by trickery or flattery and cause someone to do something that is wrong

In the desert, Jesus was not inveigled by the Devil.

Question 5

scurrilities

Answer 5

foul-mouthed and vulgar language

The scurrilities that ushered forth from the carpenter after hammering his thumb made her blush .

Question 6

clishmaclaver

Answer 6

idle gossip

Swiftie Clishmaclaver has it that the marriage is off!

Question 7

bellicose

Answer 7

Iran must tame its bellicose attitude.

Question 8

bellwether

Answer 8

The AI bellwether stock NVIDIA soared today.

Question 9

inveterate

Answer 9

characterized by a pattern of behavior that never changes

My inveterate over eating is now under better control.

Question 10

invidious

Answer 10

characterized by causing ill will

Mom’s tacit but invidious distinction of me as her favorite caused Chrissy a load of psychological problems.

Question 11

Scylla

Answer 11

a treacherous rock in the Straits of Messina off the Southern Coast of Italy

Ulysses avoided Charybdis as Circe warned him, and indeed was caught by Scylla who swooped down and devoured six men.

Question 12

to simonize

Answer 12

to polish to a high sheen with wax

Every other Friday , Andy simonizes Mercedes.

Question 13

bereft

Answer 13

devoid of, stripped of

Many of todays youth are devoid of National Pride.

Question 14

inviolate

Answer 14

without restriction or repercussions

Many of the liberal protesters in Minneapolis act rashly, and in an inviolate manner.

Question 15

seminal

Answer 15

seed-like with future potential

Feynman’s seminal lectures will feed the curiosity of future generations.

Question 16

Panglossian

Answer 16

overly and foolishly optimistic in the face of a dire situation

Saying that the Islamic Invasion of Western Nations will contribute to their benefit is simply Panglossian.

Question 17

Manichean

Answer 17

light vs dark, good vs evil

Truth has become a Right Wing concept.
Right vs Left has become a Manichean division with each side claiming the light.

Question 18

mephitic

Answer 18

foul-smelling, noxious, poisonous

The mephitic yellow gas from the punctured tank car oozed through the town.

Question 19

bestirred

Answer 19

roused into brisk and vigorous action

Severe inflation and currency devaluation bestirred the Iranians to revolt.

Question 20

invious

Answer 20

unwalked and therefore pristine

“Because it was grassy and wanted wear”, was the invious road of Robert Frost, in “The Road Not Taken”.

Question 21

semiotics

Answer 21

the study of symbols and their meanings

She is a semiotics expert from Yale.

Question 22

extempore

adverb

Answer 22

on the spur of the moment

He proposed extempore.

Question 23

billingsgate

Answer 23

excessively vulgar language

The liberal protesters billingsgate only confirms their abysmal intelligence. They cannot argue rationally but only yell at the surf.

Question 24

blighted

Answer 24

destroyed

Lawlessness and misprision has blighted all democratic cities.

Question 25

irascible

Answer 25

characterized by easily losing one’s temper Liberal women are irascible and illogical. I have abandoned hope for them and simply move onward.

Question 26

septentrional

Answer 26

from the north I find our septentrional visitors to be aggressive and unhappy.

Question 27

bowdlerized

Answer 27

heavily edited to remove offensive parts of the book, film etc With Liberal Snowflakes abounding, all movies have been bowdlerized to be banausic.

Question 28

irredentist

Answer 28

the strong desire to recover former lands or history Putin is an irredentist.

Question 29

serendipity

Answer 29

something fortuitous that is found or happens accidentally In an outstanding example of serendipity, his head cold prohibited air travel on the ill-fated flight.

Question 30

Brobdingnagian

Answer 30

imaginary country inhabited by Giants in Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” Kevin had a Brobdingnagian appetite.

Question 31

bugbear

Answer 31

an object of continual irritation Liberals are bugbears.

Question 32

irremediable

Answer 32

unable to be cured or to have a remedy found for something Liberal dementia is irremediable.

Question 33

shaman

Answer 33

a witch doctor Desperate patient’s sometimes seek shamans for “cures”.

Question 34

shamus

Answer 34

a detective Columbo, always the astute shamus, noted the cigar butt on the lawn of the murdered financier.

Question 35

pedagogy

Answer 35

the art of teaching Travis is skilled at pedagogy. His students love him.

Question 36

hypethral

Answer 36

open to the sky The observatory’s hypethral dome slid open for the evening’s viewing.

Question 37

saggitate

Answer 37

shaped like an arrowhead The saggitate UFO tore off with lightning speed.

Question 38

mondegreen

Answer 38

misheard then mispronounced words I love the Christmas mondegreen , “Sleep in heavenly peas.”