clear# Words Sources used, - [wiktionary.org](https://wiktionary.org) ## Philosophy I like multipurpose words, for example the animal Lion, Lionise; Lionel, the particular word for wood, lumber be lumbered wiith something if words are derived from nouns, they should be commonly known not niche terms like spur insurmontable This dovetails this hasa been taxing on us all toothless your movement is toothless lauded theory laden instantiate classical foundationalist ### A - Afoul - Run _afoul_ of an audience - Amicable - Latin, amicus friend, late latin, amicabilis, amicable pleasant benign late middle english - Amiss - Leftists can usually smell when something is _amiss_ - Augur - _Augur_ only destruction - Asunder - The stone itself was split _asunder_ in sympathy with her ### B - Backlog - Shifting through the _backlog_ is taking its sweet time - Bedlam > From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), since used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450. Phonologically, corruption of Bethlem, itself a corruption of Bethlehem (the Biblical town), from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém) from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bêṯ leḥem, literally “house of bread”). > ˈbɛdləm - Behest - At the _behest_ of - Beholden - You're _beholden_ to an extra vice - Beseech - I _beseech_ you to reconsider - Blight - _Blight_ of society - Blindsided - Bottleneck - Brink - On the _brink_ of death - The _brink_ of a river > From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”). > bɹɪŋk - Brunt - At the _brunt_ of ### C - Cagey - Cave - _Cave_ into desires - Crossroads - He was at a _crossroads_ ### D - Diagrametically - More efficient - Dole - _Dole_ out - To distribute in small amounts - Drum - _Drum_ up hype - Synonym: stir up ### E - Err - _Err_ on the side of caution ### F - Fend - _Fend_ for yourself - Footing - We got of on the wrong _footing_ - Fronting - It's a cult _fronting_ as a lifestyle - Furlorn - Don't look so _forlorn_ - Nestle - _Nestled_ inbetween ### H - Hobbled - We have a very _hobbled_ together definition of ancient terms - Hitherto - _Hitherto_ this year - I have only seen a handful of frenchmen _hiterto_ ### I - Ilk - Gunter and his _ilk_ had - Inconsequential - ### N - Nosedive ### P - Ploy - A _ploy_ for attention - prime - _prime_ your brain ### R - Rein - Let go of the _reins_ - She always kept a tight _rein_ on her emotions - Rue - _Rue_ the day ### S - Sew - _Sew_ distrust in your audience. - Shouldered - She _shouldered_ a tragic past - Springboard - Spur - Spur innovation - Not intuitive, spur is a term for horseriding equipment, not widely known - Starlet ### T - Taxing - It's quite _taxing_ have to type all these words ### W - Windswept - Wayward - Tad - A _tad_ strange ### U - Unduly - Unwieldy - Difficult to move because of size, shape or weight. - Deary - _Deary_ me - Incindieary ### W - Wake - In _wake_ of - Well - My heart _wells_ up - Wean ### Z - Zeitgeist - Deyining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. - _The story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1900s_ layover, historical layover guffaw scant heap you helped me a heap Hounding decry Relationship thawed between the two countries Endgame, what is the endgame after all this materialism overshoot with a trackball bewitching Insurmountabl wanton Sidestep browbeaten upwelling disrepute, fallen into disrepute stranglehold mar forthwith mar scourge , scourge of the world Wherewithal saddle swimmingly bind Rabble landslide victory greenlight all these vices withstanding he stonewalled me unfettered access slapdash lapdog avoiding death by a hairs breadth cement oneself oust throughline hoodwink workhorse - daily driver, why work horse is better than daily driver sundry shored up , this wrong doing was shored up edgewise selfsame deadpan voice helm - at the helm of the titanic buoyant economy forgo withstanding headwind wondrous falter uncouth upsell lulled into a false sense of security manpower drum it up outlandish