sive learning.

escutcheon
Shield-shaped emblem bearing a coat of arms. Plate inscribed with a
ship's name.

eternize
Make eternal. Protract for an indefinite period. Make perpetually
famous; immortalize.

eulogium
Formal eulogy.

evanescent
Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.

execration
The act of cursing. A curse. Something cursed or loathed.

exigency
Requiring much effort or immediate action. Pressing or urgent situation.

extirpate
Pull up by the roots. Destroy totally; exterminate. Remove by surgery.

fain
Happily; gladly.

garniture
Garnish; embellishment.

gratulation
To congratulate.

green withes
Cords or bowstrings used to bind Samson; Judges 16:8.

habiliments
Special dress or garb associated with an occasion or office.

hecatomb
Large-scale sacrifice; sacrifice to the ancient Greek and Roman gods of
100 oxen.

importunity
Importunate request; an insistent or pressing demand.

indefeasible
Cannot be annulled or made void.

ineffably
Incapable of being expressed; indescribable, unutterable, unspeakable,
taboo.

ingenuously
Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless. Openly
straightforward or frank; candid.

importunate
Troublesomely urgent or persistent in requesting.

intendant
Administrative official serving a French, Spanish, or Portuguese
monarch.

Jacobin
Radical or extreme leftist. Radical republican during the French
Revolution.

meed
Fitting recompense. Merited gift or wage.

mensuration
Process of measuring. Measurement of geometric quantities.

mole
Massive stone wall constructed in the sea as a breakwater to protect an
anchorage or a harbor. Anchorage or harbor enclosed by a mole.

munificence
Liberal in giving; generous. Showing great generosity.

Nestor
Hero celebrated as an elderly and wise counselor to the Greeks at Troy

obsequies
Funeral rites or ceremonies.

octavo
Page size, from 5 by 8 inches to 6 by 9-1/2 inches, of a book composed
of printer's sheets folded into eight leaves. A book composed of octavo
pages.

odium
Strong dislike, contempt, or aversion. State of disgrace resulting from
hateful or detestable conduct.

panegyric
Formal public compliment. Elaborate praise.

parsimony
Unusual or excessive frugality; extreme economy or stinginess.

patronymic
Derived from the name of one's father or a paternal ancestor.

pertin