Lesson 7/8 - Worldly Wise

Castigate

To punish by criticizing sharply; to berate

Colloquial

Characterized by informal language

Epitaph

The words carved on a tombstone in memory of the deceased

Exodus

A mass departure

Inter

To put in a grave; to bury

Lacerate

To tear or cut roughly

Largesse

The act of giving generously; gifts

Obituary

A notice of someone’s death, such as in a newspaper, usually with a brief summary of that person’s life

Omnivorous

1. Eating all kinds of food, including both animal and vegetable food

2. Taking in everything available

Permeate

To spread throughout; to pass through

Rendition

An interpretation or translation a performance

Resurgence

A rising again to life, use, acceptance, or prominence; a revival

Stereotype

A generalization that is used to characterizes a person without acknowledging individual difference

Stipend

A regular and fixed amount of pay for work done or to help cover living or work expenses.

Subservient

Serving or acting in a subordinate manner; servile

adjacent

Near or next to; adjoining

beset

1. To surround or to attack repeatedly

2. To trouble or weigh down

cede

To give up or transfer, especially by treaty or formal agreement

circuitous

Roundabout; indirect

desultory

Proceeding or carried out in an aimless or random way

Galvanize

To excite or arouse action

Implement

n. A tool or instrument

v. To carry out

Inconsequential

Lacking importance or worth unable to make an impact trivial

magnitude

Greatness of size, power, or influence

materialize

1. To become real or actual

2. To appear in physical form, especially suddenly

muster

A gathering, usually of military forces ; To summon or call forth; to gather

prohibitive

Serving to restrain action or discourage use of

Reminisce

To think or talk about one’s past

Vanguard

The leading or forward position in a movement

Visionary

A person who is given to ideas that are not currently realistic; a dreamer