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The Light and The Glory 193 words

May 26, 2009 By Thomas E. (Duluth, GA)
Book by Peter Marshall

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  1. abash
    cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
  2. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  3. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  4. abysmal
    resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
  5. activism
    a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal
  6. adjudicate
    put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
  7. affect
    have an effect upon
  8. agnostic
    a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
  9. amorous
    inclined toward or displaying love
  10. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  11. asunder
    into parts or pieces
  12. auspices
    kindly endorsement and guidance
  13. auspicious
    auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
  14. avant-garde
    radically new or original
  15. baneful
    deadly or sinister
  16. barricado
    block off with barricades
  17. behest
    an authoritative command or request
  18. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  19. bemoan
    regret strongly
  20. bemuse
    cause to be confused emotionally
  21. bereft
    sorrowful through loss or deprivation
  22. besiege
    surround so as to force to give up
  23. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  24. bewail
    regret strongly
  25. bewitch
    cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
  26. bigot
    a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
  27. brace
    a support that steadies or strengthens something else
  28. brood
    hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
  29. byword
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
  30. cache
    a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
  31. caisson
    a chest to hold ammunition
  32. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  33. calumniate
    charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
  34. cant
    a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
  35. chronicle
    a record or narrative description of past events
  36. circumspect
    heedful of potential consequences
  37. citadel
    a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
  38. cloak
    a loose outer garment
  39. coffer
    a chest especially for storing valuables
  40. collier
    someone who works in a coal mine
  41. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
  42. conclave
    a confidential or secret meeting
  43. connote
    express or state indirectly
  44. conquistador
    an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)
  45. consummate
    having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
  46. contrary
    exact opposition
  47. cordon
    a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing
  48. corollary
    (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition
  49. corporal
    affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  50. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  51. curative
    tending to cure or restore to health
  52. curvature
    the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
  53. dame
    a woman of refinement
  54. daub
    an unskillful painting
  55. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  56. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  57. denigrate
    charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
  58. deplore
    express strong disapproval of
  59. derisive
    abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
  60. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  61. din
    a loud harsh or strident noise
  62. dint
    interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'
  63. disdainful
    having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
  64. dominion
    dominance or power through legal authority
  65. doublet
    a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
  66. dowager
    a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
  67. duplicity
    acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
  68. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  69. effect
    a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  70. efficacious
    marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
  71. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  72. enfilade
    gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
  73. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  74. epithet
    descriptive word or phrase
  75. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  76. exude
    release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
  77. factious
    dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
  78. fain
    having made preparations
  79. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  80. forbearance
    a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
  81. forefront
    the part in the front or nearest the viewer
  82. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  83. friction
    the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
  84. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  85. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
  86. galleon
    a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
  87. garboil
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  88. godforsaken
    located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
  89. gulf
    an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
  90. holocaust
    an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
  91. hue
    the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
  92. ignominiously
    in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
  93. immortal
    not subject to death
  94. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
  95. imprecation
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
  96. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  97. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
  98. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  99. inviolable
    incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
  100. ironic
    characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
  101. jeremiad
    a long and mournful complaint
  102. joiner
    a person who likes to join groups
  103. labyrinth
    complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
  104. lacuna
    an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
  105. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  106. landlubber
    an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
  107. languish
    become feeble
  108. lapidary
    a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
  109. league
    an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
  110. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  111. malevolence
    wishing evil to others
  112. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  113. manifold
    many and varied; having many features or forms
  114. minion
    a servile or fawning dependant
  115. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  116. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
  117. mysticism
    a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
  118. nadir
    an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
  119. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  120. occultism
    a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control
  121. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  122. organic
    being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms
  123. palisade
    fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
  124. paramount
    having superior power and influence
  125. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  126. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  127. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  128. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  129. pillory
    a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
  130. placable
    easily calmed or pacified
  131. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  132. poltergeist
    a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder
  133. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  134. pretentious
    making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
  135. preternatural
    existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
  136. privateer
    a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
  137. privation
    act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
  138. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
  139. provident
    providing carefully for the future
  140. purge
    rid of impurities
  141. puritan
    someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
  142. rapture
    a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
  143. redound
    have an effect for good or ill
  144. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  145. resolve
    find the solution
  146. roil
    make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
  147. roughhewn
    of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
  148. ruction
    the act of making a noisy disturbance
  149. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  150. schism
    division of a group into opposing factions
  151. scud
    run or move very quickly or hastily
  152. shallon
    small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries
  153. shipwright
    a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
  154. singular
    being a single and separate person or thing
  155. sloth
    a disinclination to work or exert yourself
  156. smithereens
    a collection of small fragments considered as a whole
  157. solace
    comfort in disappointment or misery
  158. specter
    a ghostly appearing figure
  159. spellbound
    having your attention fixated as though by a spell
  160. stead
    the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
  161. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  162. stupefied
    as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
  163. subside
    sink to a lower level or form a depression
  164. succor
    assistance in time of difficulty
  165. succumb
    consent reluctantly
  166. suppression
    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
  167. swashbuckler
    a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
  168. synthesis
    the combination of ideas into a complex whole
  169. temerity
    fearless daring
  170. totalitarian
    characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
  171. transgress
    act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
  172. transmute
    change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
  173. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  174. urchin
    poor and often mischievous city child
  175. vainglorious
    feeling self-importance
  176. vanguard
    the leading units moving at the head of an army
  177. vaunt
    show off
  178. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  179. vex
    cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  180. victual
    any substance that can be used as food
  181. vilify
    spread negative information about
  182. virulence
    extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
  183. vista
    the visual percept of a region
  184. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  185. vouchsafe
    grant in a condescending manner
  186. wastrel
    someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
  187. watershed
    a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
  188. wattle
    a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
  189. weal
    a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
  190. willy-nilly
    in a random manner
  191. winnow
    the act of separating grain from chaff
  192. woeful
    affected by or full of grief or woe
  193. zest
    a tart spicy quality