Legal Terms
Among other things
What is inter alia?
Painfully affecting the feelings
What is poignant?
Out of place; inappropriate.
What is inapposite?
Wicked or criminal (typically of an action or activity)
What is nefarious?
Excessive pride or self-confidence
What is hubris?
To divide or force into two parts
What is to bifurcate?
Unwilling to spend money or use resources
What is parsimonious?
Superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
What is specious?
Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.
What is an anathema?
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
What is pragmatic?
A conversation
What is colloquy?
Forbidden, especially by an authority
What is verboten?
Just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential (especially of a process or organization)
What is nascent?
Given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
What is mendacious?
Clear and obvious
What is writ large?
Matter introduced in legal pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case
What is surplusage?
(noun) An omen of something momentous that could be good but is more often negative
What is portent?
Noisy and difficult to control
What is obstreperous?
A scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end
What is machination?
To consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position
What is relegate?
Expressing a wish - used in legal contexts to distinguish statements that merely express a wish from those that create a legal obligation
What is precatory?
Narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
What is pedantic?
A person who pretends to be knowledgeable and well informed
What is a sciologist?
The use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.
What is sophistry?
Marked by language the exaggerates or overstates the truth
What is hyperbolic?