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Abode-
page 25
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English abod, from abiden to abide
Date: 13th century
1 obsolete : WAIT, DELAY
2 : a temporary stay : SOJOURN
3 : the place where one abides : HOME
Firmament- page 25
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin firmamentum, from Latin, support, from firmare
Date: 13th century
1 : the vault or arch of the sky : HEAVENS
2 obsolete : BASIS
3 : the field or sphere of an interest or activity <the international fashion firmament>
Pinnacle-
page 27
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English pinacle, from Middle French, from Late Latin pinnaculum small wing, gable, from Latin pinna wing, battlement
Date: 14th century
1 : an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
2 : a structure or formation suggesting a pinnacle; specifically : a lofty peak
3 : the highest point of development or achievement :
synonym see SUMMIT
Omnipotent- page 27
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin omnipotent-, omnipotens, from omni- + potent-, potens potent
Date: 14th century
1 often capitalized : ALMIGHTY 1
2 : having virtually unlimited authority or influence
- om·nip·o·tent·ly adverb
Omniscient- page 27
Function: adjective
Etymology: New Latin omniscient-, omnisciens, back-formation from Medieval Latin omniscientia
1 : having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight
2 : possessed of universal or complete knowledge
- om·ni·scient·ly adverb
Oracle- page 27
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin oraculum, from orare to speak -- more at ORATION
Date: 15th century
1 a : a person (as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a deity is believed to speak b : a shrine in which a deity reveals hidden knowledge or the divine purpose through such a person c : an answer or decision given by an oracle
2 a : a person giving wise or authoritative decisions or opinions b : an authoritative or wise expression or answer
Coerced- page 28
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): co·erced; co·erc·ing
Etymology: Latin coercEre, from co- + arcEre to shut up, enclose -- more at ARK
Date: 15th century
1 : to restrain or dominate by force <religion in the past has tried to coerce the irreligious -- W. R. Inge>
2 : to compel to an act or choice
3 : to bring about by force or threat <coerce the compliance of the rest of the community -- Scott Buchanan>
synonym see FORCE
- co·erc·ible adjective
Venerated- page 28
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing
Etymology: Latin veneratus, past participle of venerari, from vener-, venus love, charm -- more at WIN
Date: circa 1623
1 : to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
2 : to honor (as an icon or a relic) with a ritual act of devotion
synonym see REVERE
- ven·er·a·tor noun
Eminence- page 28
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 : a position of prominence or superiority
2 : one that is eminent , prominent, or lofty: as a : an anatomical protuberance (as on a bone) b : a person of high rank or attainments -- often used as a title for a cardinal c : a natural elevation
Inexorable-
page 29
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin inexorabilis, from in- + exorabilis pliant, from exorare to prevail upon, from ex- + orare to speak -- more at ORATION
Date: 1553
: not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty : RELENTLESS
- in·ex·o·ra·bil·i·ty noun
- in·ex·o·ra·ble·ness noun
- in·ex·o·ra·bly adverb
Pre-eminently- page 29
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin praeeminent-, praeeminens, from Latin, present participle of praeeminEre to be outstanding, from prae- + eminEre to stand out -- more at EMINENT
Date: 15th century
: having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : OUTSTANDING
- pre·em·i·nent·ly adverb
Embodiment- page 30
Function: noun
Date: 1828
1 : one that embodies
something <the embodiment of all our hopes>
2 : the act of embodying: the state of being
embodied
Beneficent- page 31
Function: adjective
Etymology: back-formation from beneficence
Date: 1616
1 : doing or producing good; especially : performing acts of kindness and charity
2 : BENEFICIAL
- be·nef·i·cent·ly adverb
Primitive- page 31
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English primitif, from Latin primitivus first formed, from primitiae first fruits, from primus first -- more at PRIME
Date: 14th century
1 a : not derived : ORIGINAL, PRIMARY b : assumed as a basis; especially : AXIOMATIC <primitive concepts>
2 a : of or relating to the earliest age or period : PRIMEVAL <the primitive church> b : closely approximating an early ancestral type : little evolved <primitive mammals> c : belonging to or characteristic of an early stage of development : CRUDE, RUDIMENTARY <primitive technology> d : of, relating to, or constituting the assumed parent speech of related languages <primitive Germanic>
3 a : ELEMENTAL, NATURAL <our primitive feelings of vengeance -- John Mackwood> b : of, relating to, or produced by a people or culture that is nonindustrial and often nonliterate and tribal <primitive art> c : NAIVE d (1) : SELF-TAUGHT, UNTUTORED <primitive craftsmen> (2) : produced by a self-taught artist <a primitive painting>
- prim·i·tive·ly adverb
- prim·i·tive·ness noun
- prim·i·tiv·i·ty noun
Beguiled- page 32
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): be·guiled; be·guil·ing
Date: 13th century
transitive senses
1 : to lead by deception
2 : HOODWINK
3 : to while away especially by some agreeable occupation; also : DIVERT 2
4 : to engage the interest of by or as if by guile
intransitive senses : to deceive by wiles
synonym see DECEIVE
- be·guile·ment noun
- be·guil·er noun
- be·guil·ing·ly adverb
Malicious- page 33
Function: adjective
Date: 13th century
: given to, marked by, or arising from malice
- ma·li·cious·ly adverb
- ma·li·cious·ness noun
Lyre- page 33
Pronunciation: 'lIr
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English lire, from Old French, from Latin lyra, from Greek
Date: 13th century
1 : a stringed instrument of the harp class used by the ancient Greeks to accompany song
Incarnate- page 34
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English incarnat, from Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare to incarnate, from Latin in- + carn-, caro flesh -- more at CARNAL
Date: 14th century
1 a : invested with bodily and especially human nature and form b : made manifest or comprehensible : EMBODIED <a fiend incarnate>
2 : INCARNADINE <incarnate clover>
Deity-
page 34
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Etymology: Middle English deitee, from Old French deité, from Late Latin deitat-, deitas, from Latin deus god; akin to Old English TIw, god of war, Latin divus god, dies day, Greek dios heavenly, Sanskrit deva heavenly, god
Date: 14th century
1 a : the rank or essential nature of a god: DIVINITY
b capitalized: GOD
1, SUPREME BEING
2 : a god or goddess <the deities of ancient Greece>
3 : one exalted or revered as supremely good or powerful
Abyss- page 63
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Greek abyssos, from abyssos, adjective, bottomless, from a- + byssos depth; perhaps akin to Greek bathys deep
Date: 14th century
1 : the bottomless gulf, pit, or chaos of the old cosmogonies
2 a : an immeasurably deep gulf or great space b : intellectual or moral depth
Delegated- page 67
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -gat·ed; -gat·ing
Date: 1530
transitive senses
1 : to entrust to another <delegate authority>
2 : to appoint as one's representative
intransitive senses : to assign responsibility or authority
- del·e·ga·tee noun
- del·e·ga·tor noun
Deluge- page 73
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin diluvium, from diluere to wash away, from dis- + lavere to wash -- more at LYE
Date: 14th century
1 a : an overflowing of the land by water b : a drenching rain
2 : an overwhelming amount or number
Reconcile- page 73
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -ciled; -cil·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French reconcilier, from Latin reconciliare, from re- + conciliare to conciliate
Date: 14th century
1 a : to restore to friendship or harmony <reconciled the factions> b : SETTLE, RESOLVE <reconcile differences>
2 : to make consistent or congruous <reconcile an ideal with reality>
3 : to cause to submit to or accept something unpleasant <was reconciled to hardship>
4 a : to check (a financial account) against another for accuracy b : to account for
synonym see ADAPT
- rec·on·cil·abil·i·ty noun
- rec·on·cil·able adjective
- rec·on·cile·ment noun
- rec·on·cil·er noun
Pious- page 74
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pius
Date: 15th century
1 a : marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship b : marked by conspicuous religiosity <a hypocrite--a thing all pious words and uncharitable deeds -- Charles Reade>
2 : sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular : RELIGIOUS <a pious opinion>
3 : showing loyal reverence for a person or thing : DUTIFUL
4 a : marked by sham or hypocrisy b : marked by self-conscious virtue : VIRTUOUS
5 : deserving commendation : WORTHY <a pious effort>
- pi·ous·ly adverb
- pi·ous·ness noun
Desolation- page 74
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : the action of desolating
2 a : GRIEF, SADNESS b : LONELINESS, 3. devastation, ruin 4. barren wasteland
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