nepotism

Favoritism shown to members of one's family.

While most politicians are guilty of some form of rule bending and self-enrichment, President Donald Trump’s years in office were marked by exceptionally ignoble corruption, self-evident self-dealing and overt nepotism.

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coax

/koʊks/

verb

To wheedle, persuade (a person, organization, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something…

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sporadic

/spəˈrædɪk/

adjective

1) Rare and scattered in occurrence. 2) Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.

Though they were only married for three months, Chad and April’s sex-life had become sporadic and unloving.

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nescience

[NESH-uhn(t)s]

noun

Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.

I’d like to give Sarah Palin more credit for her dumb-whore-from-middle-America act, but I don’t think she’s faking her nescience.

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vociferate

[voh-SIF-uh-reyt]

verb

To speak or cry out loudly.

The Lower East Side has been overrun with Jersey Shore douchbags, all vociferating at each other without cause.

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ne plus ultra

[nee-plus-UL-truh]

noun

The highest point.

My mother always told me that her sexual ne plus ultra was in the few summer months before I was mistakenly conceived.

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affront

[uh-fruhnt]

noun

A personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect.

These Oscar nominations are an affront to reason…

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