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Question 1

aphoristic

Answer 1

pithy quotable statements or writings

Aesop’s fables is aphoristic.

Question 2

apodictically

Answer 2

expressing truth with absolute certainty

The mathematician presented his proof of the new theorem apodictically.

Question 3

apogee

Answer 3

the furthest point or greatest height of an orbiting object from its central focal point.

Hilary Hahn was at her musical apogee in 1995.

Question 4

impute

Answer 4

to assign blame or responsibility

The missing Cheetos were imputed upon Gretchen with her orange muzzle and forlorn eyes.

Question 5

impluvium

Answer 5

The children splashed about in the impluvium.

Question 6

implosion

Answer 6

to explode violently inward

The implosion of the fiberglass submersible 2.5 miles under the icy Atlantic should have been expected.

Question 7

riposte

Answer 7

a brilliant come back

Trump’s riposte to Hilary’s statement that he cheated on his taxes was, “ That makes me smart!” shut her down.

Question 8

apostasy

Answer 8

a defection from one’s faith or views

Fetterman’s apostasy from all things liberal shows that he did not have a pancerebral stroke.

Question 9

a posteriori

Answer 9

Conclusions from prior observations

You feel a rain drop a posteriori it is raining.

A white moth darkens over eons in a city a posteriori evolution exists.

Question 10

a priori

Answer 10

conclusions “from before” empirical evidence, a statement is true without need of empirical data

Only unmarried men can marry.
Bachelors are unmarried.
Only bachelors can marry.

three a priori statements requiring no evidence, ie self evident conclusions

mathematical proofs from other axioms or proven theories , no experimental evidence

Question 11

appogiatura

Answer 11

an embellishment or sweetening of a primary note or task

The Spy, falling for the Honeypot at the bar…he knew it…she knew it, yet the apoggiatura of espionage proceeded.

Question 12

impresario

Answer 12

italian=one who undertakes for the love of it, the supporting of the arts

He is not an impresario of ballet, but only gets a healthy tax write off for supporting it.

Question 13

incandescent

Answer 13

glowing with intense heat

The sword to be tempered was an incandescent orange in the forge.

Question 14

traduce

Answer 14

to slander someone

Trump was vehemently traduced by the MSM and yet won in 2025.

Question 15

arbiter elegantiae

Answer 15

an authority of fashion

Compared to the hilarity of other fashion shows, Dior remains an arbiter elegantiae.

Question 16

arcana

Answer 16

secret or mysterious knowledge

The arcana surrounding UFO’s and their occupants is slowly being revealed.

Question 17

incede

Answer 17

to advance in a stately manner

The Bride will incede up the aisle escorted by her Father.

Question 18

inchoate

Answer 18

not fully developed

The General’s coup against Hitler is inchoate and extremely difficult.

Question 19

rodomontade

Answer 19

loud and boastful speech

Ali was the King of Rodomontade.

Question 20

rococco

Answer 20

Antoinette’s Spring House is too rococo for my taste.

Question 21

in se

Answer 21

in itself

Faith in se is kinetic requiring acts of selflessness.

Question 22

lambent

Answer 22

glowing, flickering, playful

Travis has a lambent wit.

Question 23

discommend

Answer 23

to speak unfavorably

I was heartily discommended in Grand Junction.

Question 24

quaesitum

Answer 24

the actual solution being sought after

Currently the quaesitum of physics is Quantum Gravity.

Question 25

mythopoetic

Answer 25

the act of generating myths to explain the actions of men The Odyssey is an ancient mythopoetic study, outlining the behaviors of men and their gods.

Question 26

pursuivant

Answer 26

a junior officer responsible for heralds The pursuivant announced “All stand for the Honorable Judge Smith!”

Question 27

arcane adj

Answer 27

highly unusual and known only by scholars The arcane Differential Geometry in General Relativity is actually its beauty.

Question 28

arrant

Answer 28

characterized by something that is a bold faced or out and out statement That I was careless or uncaring in dealing with any of my patients is an arrant lie.

Question 29

exercised adj

Answer 29

worried or concerned Aren’t you getting a bit too exercised about this visit from the Pope?

Question 30

incipient

Answer 30

in the early stages of development At 16 days the fetus though incipient and has a heartbeat.

Question 31

inchoate

Answer 31

not fully developed Penrose’s ideas in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology are inchoate.

Question 32

rouee

Answer 32

a rake or debauchee “You bounder, you cad, you rouee!” exclaimed Niles

Question 33

roman a clef

Answer 33

a purported novel about someone or something but actually biography or true story “The Sun Also Rises” was Hemingway’s roman a clef.