Word: Avaricious [ Ah-ver-ishis]
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy. Characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
Origin: Mid 15th Century
Example Sentence: They are avaricious and will do anything for money.
The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self–all your wishes and precautions–to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead. For what we are trying to do is to remain what we call “ourselves,” to keep personal happiness as our great aim in life, and yet at the same time be “good.”
Word: Lugubrious [Loo-goo-brius]
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
Origin: 17th century from Latin lugere – to mourn.
Example Sentence: The man’s face looked even more lugubrious than usual.
It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.
Word: Revelry [Rev-ul-ry]
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: wild and noisy celebration; boisterous merrymaking
Origin: 15th century, from revel – Middle English, from Anglo-French reveler, literally, to rebel, from Latin rebellare
Example Sentence: The lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry.
Korea in the 5th Century ( approx. 400 CE)
All this government shutdown has shown me is how ridiculously screwed up the political sector is. Instead of backing the Democrats who are systematically sabotaging our economy for their own personal gain in 2016, we ought to insist upon removing these politicians and replacing them with people of principles and integrity. We ought to insist on downsizing the government so it won’t be in a position to sabotage its own people again. And while many might say it is the Republicans in the Houses fault, that is only half the story and besides the point. The House is supposed to be the peoples part of the government. We are the ones who are supposed to dictate terms and the budget not the president more concerned with leaving his legacy (for good or bad).
Been trudging along in Master and Commander for a while and decided to take small break to learn all these nautical terms. Hopefully I can then comprehend what exactly is going on but otherwise an excellent read.
Other books I am reading simultaneously:
An Experiment in Criticism – C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu
A History of Korea – Michael Seth
I would like to finish half of them plus Soccernomics by November.
All little creatures are beautiful…every living thing when it first sees life is born in beauty. What they grow to be is a different matter.
Acerbity [əˈsɜːbɪtɪ] 