| A | B |
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| Syntax | word order |
| Paradox | two true statements that seem to contradict each other |
| Rectify | fix |
| Absurd | strange, weird, incongrous |
| Vexed | sorely irritated |
| Dissuade | to talk someone out of something |
| Subterfuge | a deceptive device or strategy |
| Cunning | clever or sly |
| Preconceived notions | reaching conclusions prematurely |
| Awry | amiss |
| Nonchalant | acting with unfelt confidence |
| Novice | an inexperienced person |
| Prevalent | abundant, everywhere |
| inculcated | to teach by repeated examples |
| Andy Warhol coined the term | 15 minutes of fame |
| Unwavering | Steadfast |
| Ostensibly mean plausible | but not necessarily true |
| Gobbledygook | jargon |
| An hallucination | a distorted sensory experience |
| Eavesdrop | listening in on a private conversation |
| A Charlatan is a faker who professes to | possess knowledge that he doesn't have |
| A linchpin is an essential | part of a plan |
| A maven is knowledgeable | or at least he thinks he is |
| Four score is | 80 |
| Deflect is to turn | aside |
| The Stockholm Syndrome | describes the behaviour of kidnap victims |
| Oblique can mean | indirect |
| Inadvertently means | unintentionally |
| A slip of the tongue happens | when you do not think before you speak |
| Feigned | pretended or faked |
| Deceive is the verb form of the | noun deception |
| Extraneous | means having no relevance |
| A space cadet is stupid by definition | because his brain is full of empty space |
| Forlorn | means sad and lonely |
| A Red Herring is designed to | throw others off the trail |
| Preposterous | ridiculous |
| Outlandish | strikingly out of the ordinary |
| a linchpin is an essential item | for the success of a strategy |
| Cottoned on would seem to suggest | caught on |
| Getting everything you wished for | is not necessarily a good thing |
| The abduction phenomenon | is the Stockholm Syndrome |
| To achieve warp speed you have | to fly faster than time does |
| It is essential to speak to the hearts | and minds of your audience |
| Rubicon went on stage with a | unique if somewhat dismal identity |
| Term fifteen minutes of fame | was coined by Andy Warhol |
| Aliens exist because Rubicon | says that they do |
| Ostensibly means plausibly | rather than demonstrably true |
| Rubcon's approach to life seems | to have the quality of fiction |
| Rubicon considered facts to be little | more than annoying sources of irritation |
| A charlatan professes expertise | he doesn't possess. |
| To throw in the towel | is to give up. |
| Millicent began to worry about | Rubicon and lost the game. |
| On our planet, we prefer to | have our regrets first. |
| Houston doesn't have | anti-gravity capabilities. |
| They do their time, then receive | permission to commit the crime |
| Physicists tell us that | the universe is a trapezoid. |
| A trapezoid has four sides but | only two sides are parallel |
| If the would-be perpetrator decides | not to do the crime, he is paid. |
| A Paradox is a situation that | simply cannot exist but somehow does |
| Malice aforethought occurs when | someone plans an evil act and does it.acts on an evil proclivity |
| Cut to the chase | Go to the centre of the action. |
| The speed of sound depends upon | atmospheric pressure and temperature |
| In his opening remarks, Rubicon states | that there is method in his madness |
| The quality we all possess is a | strong desire for identity |
| You are who other people | think you are. |
| Rubicon went from natty nerd to | elevator doesn't go to the top floor |
| What you believe about yourself | is essential to who you really are |
| Before you could say Jimmy crack-corn | the whole student body was on its feet |
| Rubicon wondered if he would | go back to his old identity. |
| Rubicon had a proclivity for entertaining | himself while mystifying others. |
| Rubicon was confident that false | rumors spread quickly. |
| Rubicon told Billy Bob and Joe that | he'd been kidnapped by Martians. |
| Rubicon used the phrase Charlatan Cosmos | which would describe a phantom universe |
| Red herring give the fox a fair | chance of escaping the hounds. |
| tell a secret in order to | fashion a new secret. |
| If four score is eighty | A score must be twenty. |
| Billy Bob were motor mouths | but not mavens. |
| Motor mouth maven is an | example of alliteration. |
| A maven is a person who is | experienced or knowledgeable. |
| The Stockholm Syndrome occurs | when captives side with their kidnappers. |
| Blind Pew is a character in | Treasure Island. |
| Rubicon day-dreamed in order | to have something to do. |
| In 49 B.C. Julius Caesar | crossed the Rubicon |
