Zo Flashcards

(28 cards)

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scrimshank

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to avoid ones obligations

As usual NATO scrimshanked their financial obligations.

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adventitious

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something that occurs or is added by accident or chance rather than planned

My success in the stock market is purely adventitious.

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aegis

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one who provides a newbie with direction or protection

I was fortunate to work under Hillel Laks aegis.

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churlish

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Rude and mean-spirited

I was never able to go without sleep in Residency and was unforgivingly churlish to those who paged me.

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nabalitic

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churlish and miserly

Scrooge is nabalitic accountant in Dicken’s a Christmas Carol.

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recherché

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something that is rare or precious and sought with care

Salvation is recherché.

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recidivism

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to return to bad habits or characteristics

Recidivism is my middle name.

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spuddle

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to attend to trivialities as being uber important

Mohammed was an outcast who spent days by a muddy river spuddling ways to clean one’s schnoz. After ten years he had ten followers.

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subsycophant

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a revolting leech or parasite of a person

In life, Goebbels was such a revolting subsycophant of Hitler that the devil at his appearance of the Ninefold Gates of Hell had a difficult time finding a deep enough room with enough heat.

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Aesopian

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a statement that has a literal meaning but also a more important hidden meaning

When Bill Clinton said “ I did not have sex with that lady!” he was definitely being Aesopian.

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affected

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to have pretended

Epstein affected being a powerful Investment Broker for the rich, while actually he was an agent for the CIA, Mossad and MI-6.

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illaudable

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not admirable

Free college tuition for those with children, but while being paid by all…even the childless , is illaudable.

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illutation

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a mud bath at a spa

Desiring complete holistic healing we obviously opted for a double illutation.

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recondite

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extremely difficult to understand

Quantum Field Theory is recondite.

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recrudescence

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a recurrence of a prior disease

A recrudescence of Covid is currently occurring.

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pied-a-terre

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a temporary and small housing arrangement

The immigrants are being dislodged from their pied-a-terres.

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gad

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to move around aimlessly

Ancient prophets were often poor and gadding about various towns.

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tartuffe

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a religious hypocrite who affects marked piety

The tartuffe, Reverend Jones, had sexual relations with most of his female followers.

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affectation

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an untrue act or pretending

My desire for a beautiful soul is not an affectation. It is just difficult to do.

20
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afflatus

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a sudden inspiration almost divine

“Put her on Pump!” was a divine afflatus.

21
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imbroligo

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a “sticky situation”

My worst imbroligo was being faced without my referring Cardiologist , or my Partner. And I still rue my stupid decision that hurt so many innocent people.

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immure

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to imprison

The criminal immigrants will be immured in Alligator Alcatraz.

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reductio ad absurdum

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showing a premise to be false by taking it to its absurd coclusion

“Wind power will supplant all fossil fuel.” By reductio ad absurdum we will need an area the size of Jupiter to build the needed number.

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redolent

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sweet smelling

She wore a redolent perfume.

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chatoyant
changing in luster or color, sparkling He was enraptured with her chatoyant eyes.
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testiculous
having large balls Nardo the rat was testiculous.
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harrow
to cause mental distress The gruesome war scenes harrowed the audience.
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witherward
“toward what place” Odysseus’ crew wondered witherward they were destined.