Zs

Question 1

arrogation

Answer 1

to arrogantly appropriate for oneself something that is not true

Zuckerberg claiming that he is the “New Caesar” is the ultimate arrogation and laughable.

Question 2

arterials

Answer 2

routes of navigation

All arterials through Chicago are under construction.

Question 3

indurate
adj

Answer 3

characterized by hardening , or toughening

The exceptionally indurate training of Navy Seals makes them the most elite soldiers in the world.

Question 4

incommensurable

Answer 4

impossible to compare meaningfully

Despite eons of comparisons, apples and oranges remain incommensurable.

Question 5

rufus

Answer 5

red haired or ruddy
The rufus gene is strong in the Holbrook clan.

Question 6

ruminate

Answer 6

to meditate or ponder

Mother said testily, “Eric Anthony Peper… I think that its time for you to ruminate in your room young man.”

Question 7

suspired

Answer 7

breathed

The intense artist suspired deeply as she balanced the feather on the pin.

Question 8

wheedle

Answer 8

to convince through flattery

Iago disingenuously wheedled Othello.

Question 9

jaggery

Answer 9

coarse dark sugar from boiled palm sap

When in Jamaica I insist on jaggery in my coffee.

Question 10

homolgate

Answer 10

to ratify legal things or non governmental things

The Senate must homolgate the Presidential Cabinet selections.

Question 11

artifice

Answer 11

a wiley stratagem
And gather me into the artifice of eternity. Yeats Sailing to Byzantium

She used the opening artifice of b4 to win the crucial chess game.

Question 12

ascetic

Answer 12

disposed to forgo luxury

Navy Seals are trained ascetics.

Question 13

asperity

Answer 13

harshness in manner and/or speech

Without sleep my asperity towards the nurses was legendary. I am so sorry.

Question 14

incongruous or incongruity

Answer 14

something or someone that is out of place

It is sad, but necessary, incongruity to have an armed policeman at Catholic Sunday Mass.

Question 15

incontrovertible

Answer 15

beyond any dispute

I think it is incontrovertible that 3iAtlas is of alien origin.

Question 16

sanctimonious

Answer 16

characterized by a hypocritical show of righteousness or piety

Fauci’s unconscionable treatment of the unvaxxed was sanctimonious.

Question 17

sacerdotal

Answer 17

characterized as priestly

Trump has imperfectly returned the sacerdotal veneer to the Presidency.

Question 18

sacralize

Answer 18

to make holy

The priest sacralizes the Host when at Mass he lifts It to Our Heavenly Father.

Question 19

ingeminate

Answer 19

repetition of a word or phrase to emphasize its importance

Throughout his Eulogy, the priest ingeminated that , “Faith is sacred action not only prayer.”

Question 20

jnana

Answer 20

true knowledge of oneself Hindi

Hindu religions stress jnana as the way to salvation, while Catholics insist this is incomplete. One can only be saved by union with Christ.

Question 21

aspirant

Answer 21

ambitious for advancement

Gavin Newsome is a presidential aspirant, whose character and humility are sorely lacking.

Question 22

sang-froid

Answer 22

calm and cool demeanor under stressful conditions

No one will ever surpass Shackleton’s sang-froid in his Antartica adventure.

Question 23

inculcation

Answer 23

impressing an idea or belief upon someone through repetition

Cult Brain washing is executed through inculcation.

Question 24

inculpated

Answer 24

to be charged with a crime or criminal involvement

He is now inculpated in the Epstein Files.

Question 25

ad rem adv

Answer 25

directly to the point Kate stated ad rem that the Radiology Staff is overworked and underpaid.

Question 26

asseverated

Answer 26

to assert in a positive manner Inspector Dreyfus at the Mental Clinic asseverated , “Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better!”, tic tic.

Question 27

asseveratively adverb

Answer 27

Chamberlain asseveratively stated, “There will be peace in our time!” , as unbeknownst to him Hitler sent 100 divisions into Sudentland Czechoslovakia.

Question 28

assiduously

Answer 28

with persistent efforts and great care Kate studied assiduously for her Veterinary Boards.

Question 29

sanguinary

Answer 29

characterized by great bloodshed The “Rape of Nanking” December 13, 1930 was one of the most sanguinary events in the history of mankind, when over 200,000 Chinese civilians were slaughtered by the Japanese.

Question 30

sanguine

Answer 30

optimistic and hopeful I remain sanguine that the Cleveland Clinic can help me with my atrial fibrillation in the future.

Question 31

ineffable adj

Answer 31

characterized as being so fantastic that words fail to describe it The findings by NASA about 3iAtlas are ineffable.

Question 32

inexorable

Answer 32

inevitable , unable to be changed The course of the asteroid barreling towards Earth is inexorable.

Question 33

ineluctable

Answer 33

unable to be changed …about facts truths or fates The fact that the Election of Joe Biden in 2018 was rigged is ineluctable .

Question 34

inexpiable

Answer 34

unforgivable The Holocaust was inexpiable.

Question 35

inextricably

Answer 35

unable to disentangle The bond rate is inextricably and inversely bound to the Federal Reserve Interest Rate.

Question 36

assonant

Answer 36

harmonious, similar vowel sounds with different consonants The Beethoven quartet echoed assonant phrases by all four instruments .

Question 37

atavistic

Answer 37

returning to an ancestral form Michael Jackson’s original atavistic nose was destroyed through plastic surgery.

Question 38

sans-coulottes

Answer 38

without breeches , poor French Revolutionaries who wore pants instead of aristocratic breeches The Sans-Coulottes have taken over Seattle.

Question 39

sapiental

Answer 39

wise Sapiental Newsome ordered the girl’s bike cut in half to discern its true, saddened owner.

Question 40

Lebensraum

Answer 40

Living space (needed for the German people to prosper and conquer both Eastern and Western Europe and the Balkans) Lebensraum was first proposed in Mein Kampf.