Quadrivial Quandary: Logophiles, Rejoice! Each day we give you four unusual words. Can you fit them all in one illustrative sentence?
Quandary Resolution 878
cabal, gourmand, didactic, temporize
The Supreme Court first stopped a well-justified recount while it deliberated and deliberated, thus temporizing like a gourmand whose favorite dish was time itself, then changed its mind with a didactic statement about the evils of disenfranchisement, and finally declared, in a manner that smacked of the schemes of a regular cabal, that it was unfortunately too late to resume the recount.
by QuaQua on March 02, 2010

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