ordain = decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine;
install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; N. ordainment;
CF. ordination
noisome = foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome
semblance = outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called
in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city.
assert = state strongly or positively; demand recognition
of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action);
Ex. assert one.s independence
calamity = disaster; misery
foil = defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful;
thwart; CF. fail
invocation = prayer for help (used in invoking); calling
upon as a reference or support; act of invoking
retaliate = repay in kind (usually for bad treatment); V.
retaliate
complicity = participation; involvement (in a questionable
act or a crime)


nourishment = something that nourishes; food
orthodox = traditional; (of someone) conservative in belief;
adhering to an established doctrine
adherent = supporter; follower
hybrid = mongrel; mixed breed; V. hybridize
glaze = cover with a thin and shiny surface; apply a glaze
to; N: thin, smooth, shiny coating (as for pottery); Ex.
unglazed pottery
memorial = something, such as a monument or holiday,
intended to honor the memory of a person or event;
ADJ: commemorative
satiate = satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger);
sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated
righteous = morally upright; just
castigation = punishment; severe criticism or disapproval
incarnate = endowed with flesh; invested with bodily
form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily
form to; embody
expeditious = done with speed; quick; N. expedition
homespun = domestic; made at home; spun or woven at
home; simple and ordinary; Ex. homespun philosophy
abscission = cutting off; separation
phoenix = symbol of immortality or rebirth; Ex. phoenix
rising from its ashes