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Word of the Day – Cabal

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  • Noun: Cabal
    1. the artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government); also :  a group engaged in such artifices and intrigues
    2. club, group
  • Synonyms:
    1. clique
    2. faction
    3. coterie
    4. cell
    5. sect
    6. junta
    7. camarilla
  • Usage:

“Does my lord seriously wish me to name any one who was mixed up in the cabals of that day?”

  • Encountered:

While reading Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

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Word of the Day – Pettifogger

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  •  Noun: Pettifogger
    1. a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable :  shyster
    2. one given to quibbling over trifles
  • Synonyms:
    1. Dishonest
    2. Fraud
    3. Corruption
    4. Cheating
    5. Deception
    6. Deceit
    7. Gerrymandering
  • Usage:

“He owed me for the councillor, the pettifogger!”

  • Encountered:

While reading Twenty Years After by Alexandre

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Quote for the Day – Jimmy Carter

jimmycarter“Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things -– he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.” – Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States and around good guy and very devout Christian

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