Vocab #2 - Emerson

verily ¦ verəlē¦

adverb archaic
truly; certainly : I verily believed myself to be a free woman.
ORIGIN Middle English : from very + -ly 2 , suggested by Old French verrai(e)ment.
 succor ¦ səkər¦ ( Brit. succour)

noun
assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.
• ( succors) archaic reinforcements of troops.
verb [ trans. ]
give assistance or aid to : prisoners of war were liberated and succored.
DERIVATIVES
succorless adjective
ORIGIN Middle English : via Old French from medieval Latin succursus, from Latin
succurrere ‘run to the help of,’ from sub- ‘from below’ + currere ‘run.’
 iconoclast ¦ī känə klast¦

noun
1 a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
2 a destroyer of images used in religious worship, in particular
• historical a supporter of the 8th- and 9th-century movement in the Byzantine Church
that sought to abolish the veneration of icons and other religious images.
• historical a Puritan of the 16th or 17th century.
DERIVATIVES
iconoclastic ¦ī känə klastik¦ adjective
iconoclastically ¦ī känə klastik(ə)lē¦ adverb
ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (sense 2) : via medieval Latin from ecclesiastical Greek eikonoklastēs, from eikōn ‘likeness’ + klan ‘to
break.’
 insatiable ¦in sā sh əbəl¦

adjective
(of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy : an insatiable hunger for success.
• (of a person) having an insatiable appetite or desire for something, esp. sex.
DERIVATIVES
insatiability ¦- sā sh ə bilitē¦ noun
insatiably ¦-blē¦ adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French insaciable or Latin insatiabilis, from in- ‘not’ + satiare ‘fill, satisfy’ (see
satiate ).
 martinet ¦ märtn et¦

noun
a strict disciplinarian, esp. in the armed forces.
DERIVATIVES
martinetish (also martinettish) adjective
ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting the drill system invented by Martinet): named after Jean Martinet, 17th-cent. French drillmaster.
 sensual ¦ sen sh oōəl¦

adjective
of or arousing gratification of the senses and physical, esp. sexual, pleasure : the production
of the ballet is sensual and passionate. See note at sensuous .
DERIVATIVES
sensualism ¦- lizəm¦ noun
sensualist ¦-ist¦ noun
sensualize ¦- līz¦ verb
sensually adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [sensory] ): from late Latin sensualis, from sensus (see sense ).
USAGE The words sensual and sensuous are frequently used interchangeably to mean ‘gratifying the senses,’ esp. in a sexual
sense. Strictly speaking, this goes against a traditional distinction, by which sensuous is a more neutral term, meaning ‘relating to
the senses rather than the intellect’ ( : swimming is a beautiful, sensuous experience), while sensual relates to gratification of the senses,
esp. sexually ( : a sensual massage). In fact, the word sensuous is thought to have been invented by John Milton (1641) in a
deliberate attempt to avoid the sexual overtones of sensual. In practice the connotations are such that it is difficult to use sensuous
in Milton's sense. While traditionalists struggle to maintain a distinction, the evidence suggests that the neutral use of sensuous is
rare in modern English. If a neutral use is intended, it is advisable to use alternative wording.
 tranquil ¦ tra ng kwəl¦

adjective
free from disturbance; calm : her tranquil gaze | the sea was tranquil. See note at calm .
DERIVATIVES
tranquility ¦ tra ng kwilitē¦ (also tranquillity) noun
tranquilly adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English: from French tranquille or Latin tranquillus.
 medial ¦ mēdēəl¦

adjective technical
situated in the middle, in particular
• Anatomy & Zoology situated near the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ. The opposite of lateral .
• Phonetics (of a speech sound) in the middle of a word.
• Phonetics (esp. of a vowel) pronounced in the middle of the mouth; central.
DERIVATIVES
medially adverb
ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense [relating to the mean or average] ): from late Latin medialis, from Latin medius ‘middle.’
 taciturn ¦ tasi tərn¦

adjective
(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
DERIVATIVES
taciturnity ¦ tasi tərnitē¦ noun
taciturnly adverb
ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (see tacit ).