Softdisk G-S 61/SDGS 61.2mg/SDGS.61/WordUp/EsotericaVolI#040000

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Esoterica Volume 1
Jim Weiler
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Copyright 1994 Softdisk Publishing\nAll rights reserved
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Peanuts
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incandescent
glowing, radiant
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milquetoast
meek, timid person
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convoluted
twisted, coiled
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adit
mine entrance
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agenhina
inn guest
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erugate
smooth
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mang
go astray
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obganiate
irritate with reiteration
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picaroon
a pirate
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quaintise
strategem
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renascent, adj.
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born again
glowing
reminiscent
crochety
remote
Walter always felt renascent after a long winter trapped in the mountain cabin.
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frambesia, n.
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yaws
a large wind instrument
senility
jawbone
crossed eyes
Walter's frambesia caused his former friends to shun him.
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noematical, adj.
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mental
physical
mathematical
social
dance
Walter's noematical faculties were evaporating rapidly.
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pelmata, n.
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the sole of the foot
a bleeding sore
arthritis
forehead
a breed of donkey
Old Walt had to stop prospecting for the day because of the pain in his pelmata.
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trygon, n.
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sting ray
abdominal cramp
typhoon
depth charge
triangular doorway
Walter gave up scuba diving after a trygon caught him unawares one day.
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gorget, n.
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throat patch
song
flight path
mating dance
spatula
Walter was fascinated by the bird's striking gorget.
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grobian, n.
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boor
taxman
small, insect-eating lizard
mizer
leper
Walter was a grobian. People avoided him whenever they could.
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bergstock, n.
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spiked climbing pole
buttock
the back of the head
pack mule
tame reindeer
Walter died when he fell 50 feet and landed on his bergstock.
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acromonogrammatic, adj.
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starting with end of last line
making up words as you go
using abusive language
monosyllabic
sesquipedalian
Walter's acromonogrammatic writing was so contrived that nobody enjoyed it.
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baldicoot, n.
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monk
curmudgeon
convicted felon
bee larva
embezzler
Walter spent most of his time alone in his cell -- he was a baldicoot.
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buccal, adj.
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pertaining to the mouth
decayed
breathless
tongueless
chemically inactive
Walter sat down and showed the dentist his buccal cavity.
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amorphous, adj.
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shapeless
reptilian
colorful
loving
bright
Walter was proud of his amorphous lump of clay.
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contumacy, n.
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disobedience
congruence
silliness
well-contoured
having to do with money
Walter severely resented his dog's contumacy.
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corpulent, adj.
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fat
pertaining to divisions
becoming a corpse
spendthrift
round and shiny
Walter consistently overfed his corpulent sloth.
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corrigible, adj.
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able to be improved
having many hallways
unhappy
easily made aggitated
blimp-like
Walter is corrigible, responding well to parental guidance.
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cursory, adj.
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superficial
controlled with a mouse
extremely violent
protruding from a wall
in the Ursa constellations
To Walter, world-dominance is a cursory concern.
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debacle, n.
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rout
object having no bacles
beam laid over a fence
kitchen implement
method of dehydration
Walter was miffed at the debacle of his team.
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demit, v.
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relinquish
to remove one's gloves
commit atrocious acts
to bestow a name upon something
to steal things of little value
Walter was forced to demit his monacle collection to the historical society.
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demographics, n.
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statistics of population
demonstrations of visuals
public expositions of artwork
maps of terrain
objects lying on the ground
Walter did not fit the Arcturian demographic profile.
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etymology, n.
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study of word origins
study of insects
study of birds
study of microscopic organisms
study of burnt flesh
Walter love of etymology led him to pore over old tomes.
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excoriate, v.
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censure
execute by casting down from a high place
to evict from a society or organization
to flush out
to eviscerate with a blunt object
Walter could not bring himself to excoriate the bad dog.
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exemplary, adj.
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serving as a model
exempt from certain laws
having unnatural appendages
infected with unidentified bacteria
stretching from one side to another
Walter's demeanor was hardly exemplary.
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exigency, n.
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urgency
an extra item
regent or monarch
adherence to self-serving means
dated legislation
Walter refused to panic when faced with an insurmountable exigency.
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exorcise, v.
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free from evil spirits
to engage in physical exertion
remove the incisors from
to slam into a pane of glass
to stomp small fish into the mud
Walter wanted to exorcise his possessed toaster.
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fallow, adj.
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uncultivated
shallow ruts
having pale color
not suitable for large audiences
unsightly
Walter's fallow garden drove him to near starvation.
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fillibuster, v.
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obstruct passage of a bill
to absorb liquids
to trap an opponents ball (in croquet)
to improve flinging abilities
to drool from the corners of the mouth
Walter winced when his entitlement legislation was fillibustered.
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gerrymander, v.
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unfairly assign districts
a species of mander (includes the salamander)
to throw elections
assemble for temporary use
to engineer using new technology
Walter made sure the districts were gerrymandered to ensure his re-election.
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hyperbole, n.
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gross exaggeration
a plane curve having two branches
a poor haircut
microscopic unit of measurement
excess of cholesterol in the blood
Walter's claim that he owned a ton and a half of plutonium was only hyperbole.
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inculcate, v.
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teach by frequent repetition
to commit random and senseless acts
to prune at the root
to snatch from a table
to regurgitate stomach acids
Walter inculcated into his dog the ability to fetch the newspaper boy.
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privation, n.
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lack of comforts
to remove property from public control
a bright red rash
deprived of motivation
to snoop into someone's business
Walter's suffered extreme privation because of the flood.
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probity, n.
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uprightness
arthritis
a bright red rash
deprived of motivation
prying into someone's business
After Walter stole a purse, he wondered about his own probity.
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salubrious, adj.
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beneficial
salivating profusely
morose
silly
ostogomatious
Walter's salubrious friends helped him make a nice, healthy salad.
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scintillate, v.
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sparkle
stimulate
agitate with smells
move in a wave-like manner
cut with an ice skate
The ice scintillated under Walter's skates.
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sebaceous, adj.
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secreting fat
large and infected
crusted with calcium
oozing profusely
glasslike
Walter had a sebaceous cyst on his nose.
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supernal, adj.
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celestial
having super abilities
superficial, external
scolding violently
on top of the head
Walter was amused by the supernal display above him.
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tare, n.
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deduction from gross weight
money paid for passage
a type of jerky
a south Austrian fruit
poisonous sap
Before proceeding with the experiments, Walter weighed the tare.
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vulpine, adj.
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foxlike
wolflike
slothlike
batlike
vulplike
Walter's vulpine reply deceived the simple peasant, and he soon parted with the money.
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bailiwick, n.
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field of interest
small arch made of wire
geology
questionable possession
means of support
Astronomy wasn't Walter's bailiwick, but he still owned a telescope.
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banal, adj.
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commonplace
having to do with the upper body
slammed into a concrete block
packaged in paper boxes
heard with both ears
After the excitement of the honeymoon, Walter's life had become quite banal.
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bellwether, n.
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one who leads
hackles
jowels
bowels
instinct
Walter always did what his bellwether told him.
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bibliophile, n.
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lover of books
lover of livers
lover of small, wiggling biblios
lover of the Bible
book store
Walter never learned to read but was, nevertheless, a bibliophile.
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calender, v.
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press between rollers
enumerating dates
strain
make a wax facial impression
impale on a pike
Walter's papyrus was unusable because he forgot to calender it.
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