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Prevaricate

speak or act in an evasive way (with the intent to deceive); to lie

BART

@newmexicobart.bsky.social

U.S. economy grew at a faster pace than imagined, dreamed, made up, concocted, invented, prevaricated, ummmm, you get my point?

Whatever they say, the opposite is true.

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Abstemious

to be sparing or moderate in drinking or eating (in general); not greedy; not self-endulgent; not indulging to excess.

Miss Molly Mol

@missymollymol.bsky.social

I was abstemious for my first Christmas lunch and just had the main meal bit because on Christmas Day I will be eating ALL the food

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Gambol

to run or jump about in a playful way (implies a general joy); frolic; skip; dance; leap; prance;

Charles McNulty

@charlesmcnulty.bsky.social

Yesterday, after playing tennis, I noticed a flock of big green birds gamboling on trees on Olympic near Roxbury. I think they might have been feral parrots. (They seemed big for parrots, but Google seems to think that’s what they were.) Life can still pleasantly surprise.

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Ambivalence

having mixed feelings; contradictory ideas about something or someone; doubt; hesitancy; unsureness; uncertainty

Paul Myszor

@diffuseazure.bsky.social

#Top31DavidBowie

Day 25 unranked

I would be your slave (2002)

A beautiful meditation on the supreme being from Heathen but with that characteristic Bowie ambivalence.

Or just another love song

https://youtu.be/YUk_rcoYOpA?..?...

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Mar

to damage (slightly); to spoil; to disfigure or deface

Kansasdotcom

@kansas.com

His attorney asked the judge to consider his client’s upbringing, which was marred by addiction, poverty and violence.

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Lumber

to move clumsily or heavily

Dead

@deadspike.bsky.social

Falling birth rates? That's ok! If you can't conceive after a year, a shuddering, lumbering, feral blobpile thumps their way into your house and helps you out! [WARNING: SURVIVAL NOT GUARANTEED]

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Aerie

1. a large nest of a bird of prey (especially eagle or falcon) somewhere high up 2. a house that is built somewhere high up

unknown x from a wandering star 🪞🕯️🌙✨🍭🦋🌠🌌🔆🪶

@m0th.site

Aerie who's only watched Kumo Desu when hearing about another isekai: Getting a lot of Kumo Desu vibes from this...

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Precipitate

to cause an event to happen (usually a negative connotation); bring about; bring rise to; provoke; trigger

Timothy Taubes

@timothytaubes.bsky.social

MAGA republicans better get their shit together toot sweet and remove that lunatic from the white house before the Putin-Xi-Trump axis precipitate a global nuclear sunset.

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Inert

having no action; doesn't do anything; a person that can't do anything

@distalpistol.bsky.social

Is anyone else having an inert Christmas?

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Intrepid

fearless; dauntless

Girls Running From Houses

@girlfleeshouse.bsky.social

The first mistake the girl made was not to speak to the skeletal soldier — but could you, intrepid reader, have acted more wisely?

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