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BONHOMIE [\bah-nuh-MEE\] , noun;

1. A good nature; pleasant and easy manner.

My Sentence:

What if every society in the world is filled with bonhomie citizens, will there be a need for a United Nation only to fail its mission in uniting belligerent countries?

Origin:

Bonhomie comes from French, from bonhomme, "good-natured man," from bon, "good" (from Latin bonus) + homme, "man" (from Latin homo).

Source: Online Dictionary

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CARAPACE [\KAIR-uh-pace\] , noun;

1. The thick shell that covers the back of the turtle, the crab, and other animals.

2. Something likened to a shell that serves to protect or isolate from external influence.

My Sentence:

The wickedness of men is swollen under the guise of their carapace of hypocritical charity.

Origin:

Carapace comes from French, from Spanish carapacho, itself of uncertain origin.

Source: Online Dictionary

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ASSEVERATE [\uh-SEV-uh-rayt\] , transitive verb;

1. To affirm or declare positively or earnestly.

My Sentence:

I stand up for a friend's principle and asseverated for his responsible action towards making a decision that will not compromise his future by not putting another human life in jeopardy.

Origin:

Asseverate comes from Latin asseverare, "to assert seriously or earnestly," from ad- + severus, "severe, serious."

Source: Online Dictionary

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SKULDUGGERY [\skul-DUG-uh-ree\] , noun; also skullduggery

1.Devious, dishonest, or unscrupulous behavior or activity; also: an instance thereof.

My Sentence:

The recent humanitarian storm caused by the illegal entry of the boat people to Australia is obviously a skulduggery doing of the lawless men behind the scene to sow political instability to the country.

Origin:

The origin of skulduggery is unknown.

Source: Online Dictionary

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[IRENIC]\eye-REN-ik; -REE-nik\ , adjective;

1. Tending to promote peace; conciliatory.

My Sentence:

Fresh from a landslide victory over the once formidable iron Liberal or Coalition Party, the new Prime Minister elect, Labor Leader Kevin Rudd's first harmonic move was to deliver his famous tear jerking IRENIC Speech to the Aborigines of Australia to formally expressed forgiveness for the sufferings of the "Stolen Generation" from the hands of the white people on behalf of the Australian people.

Word Origin & History

irenic

1864, from Gk. eirenikos, from eirene "peace." Irenical "peaceful" is attested from 1660.

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CONFLATE [\kuhn-FLAYT\] , transitive verb;

1.To bring together; to fuse together; to join or meld.

2.To combine (as two readings of a text) into one whole.

My Sentence

Death conflates families and friends who have not seen each other for a long time in a reunion at the funeral.

Origin:

Conflate is from Latin conflatus, past participle of conflare, "to blow together; to put together," from con-, "with, together" + flare, "to blow."

Word Origin & History

conflate
1541, from L. conflat-, pp. stem of conflare "to blow together," also "to melt together," from con- "with" + flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)).

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SYCOPHANT [\SIK-uh-fuhnt\] , noun:

1. A person who attempts to win favor by flattering people of wealth or influence; a parasite; a toady.

My Sentence

The failure of some world leaders sometimes is due to the ineptness of their own wisdom to which they rely too much to the circus of sycophants posing as advisers.

Origin:

Sycophant derives from Greek sukophantes, "an accuser (especially a false accuser) or rogue," from sukon, "fig" + phantes, "one who shows," from phainein, "to show."

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CONFABULATION [\kon-FAB-yuh-lay-shuhn\] , noun:

1. Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

2. (Psychology) A plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.

My Sentence:

When I was young, my mother seemed to be popular with people. Going out with her could lead to a frustrating wait as she was always engaged into a long and never ending confabulation. Some of my teachers thought she was a teacher like them. No, she wasn't at all. She was only a well-read person.

Origin:

Confabulation comes from Late Latin confabulatio, from the past participle of Latin confabulari, "to talk together," from con-, "together, with" + fabulari, "to talk." It is related to fable, "a fiction, a tale," and to fabulous, "so incredible or astonishing as to resemble or suggest a fable."

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GALUMPH [\guh-LUHM(P)F\] , intransitive verb:

1. To move in a clumsy manner or with a heavy tread.

My Sentence:

The boys were snooping over the fence to watch girls wearing bikinis. They were caught in the act by the Police and carefully galumphed away to hide.

Origin:

Galumph is probably an alteration of gallop. It was coined by Lewis Carroll in the nonsense poem "Jabberwocky."

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Scuttlebutt [\SKUHT-l-buht\] , noun:

1. A drinking fountain on a ship.

2.A cask on a ship that contains the day's supply of drinking water.

3. Informal. Gossip; rumor.

My Sentence:

In my memory, the scuttlebutt we used was made of clay fitted with tap. We fetched water from the well to fill this earthenware scuttlebutt. Water tasted fresh and cool.

Origin:
Scuttlebutt comes from scuttle, "a small opening" + butt, "a large cask" -- that is, a small hole cut into a cask or barrel to allow individual cups of water to be drawn out. The modern equivalent is the office water cooler, also a source of refreshment and gossip.

Source: Dictionary

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REFULGENT [\rih-FUL-juhnt\] , adjective:

1. Shining brightly; radiant; brilliant; resplendent.

My Sentence:

My recent trip to New Zealand opens another door for me to find another interesting set of culture where the natives proudly display their refulgent rich heritage through arts, dance and songs.

Origin:

Refulgent comes from the present participle of Latin refulgere, "to flash back, to shine brightly," from re-, "back" + fulgere, "to shine."

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ACQUIESCE [\ak-wee-ES\] , intransitive verb:

1. To accept or consent passively or without objection -- usually used with 'in' or 'to'.

My Sentence:

I hate argument and debate with impossible people that I choose to shrug off my shoulder to denote silence and coldness rather than acquiesce and compromise a principle.

Origin:

Acquiesce comes from Latin acquiescere, "to give oneself to rest, hence to find one's rest or peace (in something)," from ad, "to" + quiescere, "to rest, to be or keep quiet."

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CAROM [\KAIR-uhm\] , noun:

1. A rebound following a collision; a glancing off.

2. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls on the table.

Intransitive Verb:

1.To strike and rebound; to glance.
2.To make a carom.

Transitive Verb:

1.To make (an object) bounce off something; to cause to carom.

My Sentence:

I went with my dear Auntie one day to the hills to glean some banana leaves for cooking. The surface uphill was stony that I slipped and slid downhill and caromed myself to the wall of banana plantation. It was so painful I got bruises on my skin. Ouch! My auntie was so engrossed with her work she did not see me slipping away crying. Helpppppppppp!

Origin:

Carom derives from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola, "a stroke at billiards."

Source: Online Dictionary

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TRUCKLE [\TRUHK-uhl\]

Intransitive Verb:
1.To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to act in a subservient manner.

Noun:
1.A small wheel or roller; a caster.

My Sentence:

The uneducated mass of native people in my home country of birth had no choice but to truckle to the lofty demands and cruelty of the Spaniards during its regime. They were told by the fake friars to look up to the sky and to close their eyes when they pray. The minute they opened their eyes, all their lands were gone. The fake heavens got them! That was the beginning of their tribulation called Oppression!

These fake friars are now substituted by rich landlords who continue to take advantage of their less literate peasants who truckle like blind obsequious servants to their cruel masters for their own survival.

Origin:

Truckle is from truckle in truckle bed (a low bed on wheels that may be pushed under another bed; also called a trundle bed), in reference to the fact that the truckle bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master. The ultimate source of the word is Greek trokhos, "a wheel."

Source: Online Dictionary

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FLOUT [\FLOWT\] ,

Transitive Verb:
1.To treat with contempt and disregard; to show contempt for.

Intransitive Verb:
1.To mock, to scoff.

Noun:
1.Mockery, scoffing.

My Sentence:

I flout at the hypocrisy of the Self-Righteous remnants of Sadducee and Pharisee who are still with us today, figuratively speaking.

Origin:
Flout comes from Middle English flouten, "to play the flute."

Source: Online Dictionary

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Desultory - Adjective

1. Jumping or passing from one thing or subject to another without order or rational connection;disconnected; aimless. 2. By the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject.

3. Coming disconnectedly or occurring haphazardly; random.

4. Disappointing in performance or progress.

It is frustrating to converse with someone who does not stick with the issue you are discussing instead he beats you around the bush in a desultory manner.

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Apocrypal - there are two meanings given. For clarity sake, I will use the number 2 which means

(Adjective)

Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority or authenticity; equivocal; fictitious; spurious; false.

Source: Dictionary

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