The Convocation Address: Glossary

Glossary:

conferred    – granted a title, degree, benefit, or right   

reiterate      – say or do again 

enunciated  – spoke clearly    

ruggedness  – strength, toughness

repositories – storehouses

emissaries   – deputies

eschewed    – have  nothing  to         do with

autocracy    – government by one ruler

feudal          – having to do with the

Middle Ages, old

confronting – aggressively resisting

secluded spheres – isolated areas

cloistered    – restricted

perseverance        – continued effort, steadfastness

inherent      – inborn

perils – dangers and risks       

indebted      – obliged to repay         

tillers – persons who produce crops/  raise animals, cultivators                

toilers         – workers, people who perform hard physical labour  

replenish     – refill

despondent – depressed, frustrated

sermons      – speeches on moral subjects

endowed     – gifted

crusade       – campaign for a good cause

inheritors    – successors        

lustre – glow of reflected light