notes in class

1.      quickening (adj.) 

-Becoming faster.

-example: All that had the quickening breathe of life.

 2.      eventide (n.)

-The end of the day; evening.

-example: The dove came back to him at eventide. 

 3.      bawl (v.)

-to speak to cry loudly .

-example: They could hear a baby bawling somewhere.

 4.      utterance (n.)

-a statement;a word or phrase that someone speaks.

-example: A low grumble or indistinct utterance. 

 5.      province (n.)

-(1) one of many areas into which some countries are divided

-(2) a subject that someone knows about or is responsible for.

-example: When Jesus was born in Roman province of Judea.

 6.      manifest (v.)

-To show something such as a feeling or ability, so that it is easy to notice.

-example: In the Oresteia the will of Zeus is manifested in every action.

 7.      salvation (n.)

-something that prevents or saves someone or something from danger, loss, or failure

-example: The Internet turned out to be the salvation of the company.

 8.      redress (n.) 

-Something that you do for someone or money that you give to them as a way of improving a bad situation that you are responsible for.

-example: Because she finds no redress for her wring. 

 9.      complacent (adj.)

-Too confident and relaxed because you think you can deal with something easily, even though this may not be true.

-example: Compared with her credulous king and her complacent husband. 

 10.      pawn (n.) 

-a person who is being used by someone who is more powerful to help them achieve a goal.

-example: She moves them like pawns to their proper places in her barbaric game.  

 11.      oppressor (n.)

-A powerful leader or government that treats people in an unfair or cruel way.

-example: They showed violent opposition to the oppressor.

 12.      glade (n.) 

-An area of a forest where there are no trees or bushes.

-example: Not never had fallen in the glades of Pelion.

 13.       smitten (adj)

-in love with someone;seriously affected by something such as an illness or emotion.

-example: The smitten fir-tree to furnish oars for the hands. 

 14.      salvation (n.) 

-something or someone that helps someone in a bad or dangerous situation.

-example: This is indeed the greatest salvation of all.

 15.      solely (adv.)

-Involving nothing except the person or thing mentioned.

-example: They showed violent opposition to the oppressor.

 16.      constituent (adj.)

-Forming part of something.

-example: The constituent parts of tragedy.

 17.      botany (n.) 

-The scientific study of plants.

-example: The coverage of the subject in his botany text is inadequate.

 18.      falter (v.) 

-to become weaker or less effective

-example: The economy is showing signs of faltering.

 19.      welter (n.)

-a messy collection of different things;a welterweight.

-example: The earth then was welter. 

 20.      vault (n.)

-an underground room where people’s bodies are buried, especially under a church.

-example: Let there be a vault in the midst of the waters.

 21.      nostril (n.) 

-One of the two holes at the end of your nose.

-example: He dislikes his wide nostrils.

22.      bdellium (n.)

-A fragrant resin produced by a number of trees related to myrrh, used in perfumes.

-example: And the gold of that land is goodly, bdellium is there, and lapis lazuli.

 23.      sustainer (n.)

-Upholder, someone who upholds or maintains.

-example: I shall make him a sustainer beside him.

 24.      immense (adj.)

-Extremely large.

-example: The scope of his written work, philosophical and scientific, is immense.

25.      theological (adj.)

-Relating to the study of God and religion.

-example: The theological study of the person and deeds of Jesus.