cat・call

n.

A shrill whistle or call of derision or disapproval.

Watch me give Sandra a catcall and her attraction to me will not waver.

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fifth Edition

var・let

n.

1. An attendant or servant.
2. A rascal; knave.

Mary found old photographs of her grandparents’ favourite varlet in the attic.

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fifth Edition

ire

n.

Anger; wrath.

The townspeople feared the ire of their local god so they practiced rituals and made sacrifices every week.

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fifth Edition

squab

adj.

Young and undeveloped; newly hatched or unfledged.

Merciless, he killed the monster and its squab offsprings with his mighty sword.

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fifth Edition

Weekly Review #7

Our lucky week had just concluded. Let us review our Week #7 words:

• repartee – a swift, witty reply; conversation marked by witty retorts
• cincture – belt or sash; girdle
• inexorable – impossible to alter or resist; inevitable; not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless
• pyre – a combustible pile for burning a corpse as a funeral rite
• rhomboid – a parallelogram with unequal adjacent sides
• magnate – a powerful or influential person
• jocose – given to joking; merry

Now, let’s take on the challenge!

The tribe uttered a prayer for their departed chief. He had ruled their community excellently during his lifetime, a true magnate for their people. His trusted advisor delivered an unusual jocose interactive eulogy, full of repartees. The chief was a humorous man when he was living, create inexorable laws with the help of his charm. He would disapprove from the other side if every moment was somber.

One by one, the tribesmen placed a flower on the pyre. His widow went last, putting a cincture and a rhomboid stone before his corpse was put in flames.

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Now, it’s your turn to take the challenge. Put your answer in the comments section.

o・pine

v.

To hold or state as an opinion.

I would like to opine that he is undeserving of his success.

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fifth Edition

lynch

v.

To punish without legal process or authority, esp. by hanging.

Under the hypnotist’s mind control, the town lynched the innocent man.

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fifth Edition

jo・cose

adj.

Given to joking; merry.

Allan’s jocose replies to Benny’s questions did not come across well to the latter.

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fifth Edition

mag・nate

n.

A powerful or influential person.

Mr. Wilkins, the magnate of all things supernatural, walked into the room and put everybody in awe.

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fifth Edition

rhom・boid

n.

A parallelogram with unequal adjacent sides.

Koon’s latest masterpiece is a 10-foot pearly white rhomboid.

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fifth Edition