Zee Flashcards

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ankyloproctia

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a tight ass, ankylo=stiff

Pelosi suffers from terminal ankyloproctia.

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acanthous

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spiny

Never pick up the acanthous Crown of Thorns Starfish.

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acarine

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having to do with mites

German soldiers shaved their heads due to an acarine fear of the Russian troops.

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acatour

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a quartermaster or provisioner

The acatours of Operation Barbarossa had to use 600,000 horses in the frozen steppes where nothing mechanical would work.

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puckish

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mischievous or impish

The 4 year old girl gave her Dad a puckish look and then pulled the cat’s tail.

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accidie

noun

AK sid dee

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sloth, torpor

All of Phoenix was in a state of accidie when the mercury hit 112 degrees F.

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accoucheuse

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a midwife

Many young couples now prefer an accoucheuse to an Ob.

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accoy

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to soothe or pacify

With a new tooth erupting, no-one could accoy Clare-Bear.

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divagate

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to wander or stray

Sadly senile Biden divagated into his favorite ice cream in mid-debate.

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lapidify

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to turn into stone

Zeus lapidified Niobe into a weeping stone.

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williwaw

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a polar squall

Williwaws are life threatening to Alaskan Crabbers.

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quiescent

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motionless, inactive

The fawn lay quiescent in the high grass as her Mother baited the prowling panther away.

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anteric

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characterized by slighted love

Two very large, anteric Black women cat-fought in the Waffle House over a single promiscuous man.

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peevish

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adj easily irritated and put into a bad mood

Why Hamlet this peevish opposition?

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accretion

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gradual accumulation over time

Scrooge’s accretion of money eventually made him the wealthiest man in London.

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accubation

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reclining on a couch

All Roman Senators engaged in accubation when dining.

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acculturation

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the process of adapting to a different culture

Muslims refuse acculturation and do not belong here.

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antithalian

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one who disapproves of laughter

The antithalian Muhammed stressed smiling rather than laughing when amused. What a fun-sucker.

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taradiddle

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a fib or small lie

Told a taradiddle and said,”No it does not make your butt look big.”

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aceldama uh SELL duhmah

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a place of slaughter

Stalingrad will forever be an aceldama.

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acerbate

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to make worse

Never underestimate Joe’s ability to acerbate a situation.

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ascription

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to assign or label an attribute

It was an ironic ascription.

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orerry

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a model in a museum or planetarium showing the positions of the sun, the planets and their relation to one another

Her stunning beauty held all the suiters in her orerry.

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aggrieved

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wronged

With respect to Iran and how he was played by Netanyahu, Trump has every right to be aggrieved.

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sublunary
mundane and worldly Mankind, according to existentialism, is a sublunary animal for whom the sun always rises.
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metier
occupation or profession My metier is Heart Surgery.
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withal
in spite of Withal his maturity , he was only ten years old.
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forebore
to refrain from I forebore from sinning that day.
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ileisticly
characterized by speech or writing referring to oneself in the third person instead of I “Jimmy is mad Kramer. He does not like you!” he said illeisticly.
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idiolect
a person’s individual speech pattern They all teased Ken’s idiolect in “A Fish Called Wanda.”
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bemerd
To shit upon Netanyahu bermeded us.
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mesalliance french
a bad alliance/marriage to one of inferior status The mesalliance of the USA in NATO has now been clearly delineated.
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palimpsest PAL imp sest
a surface that is erased to make room for new text When you think about it all screens are just palimpsests.
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Lucullan
marked by luxurious lavishness as in Roman General Lucullus’ memorable feasts and banquets The US Troops had a Lucullan feast of lobster and steak.
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canard
an unfounded report The report that Trump will make peace is a canard.
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candor
directness of expression Obama lacked candor.
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canon
a recognized principle There is an unspoken and biologic canon that “Boys are boys, and Girls are girls.”
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jannock
honest and straightforward Tim Cox is jannock.
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jark
a fake insignia The jark on the Harvard diploma was proof he went somewhere else.
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jaundiced
characterized by prejudice due to jealousy or resentment No-one can tolerate Mayor Madami’s jaundiced views.
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slaver
to drool St. Bernard’s slaver all over the place.
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slud
a slippery mass A greased pig is an impossible slud to catch.
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pusillanimity
cowardice Pusillanimity in Stalingrad was rewarded by bullets in one’s back.
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boondoggle
busywork, work of no importance and is done only to look busy The fraudulent Minneapolis Health Care boondoggles cost us hundreds of billions of dollars.
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acersecomic
unshorn hair Until the end Samson was acersecomic.
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achloropsia
green color blind