Maraud

ma·raud play_w2(“M0099700″) (m-rôd)

v. ma·raud·ed, ma·raud·ing, ma·rauds

v.intr.

To rove and raid in search of plunder.

v.tr.

To raid or pillage for spoils.

impregnable

im·preg·na·ble ¹ play_w2(“I0064900″) (m-prgn-bl)

adj.

1. Impossible to capture or enter by force: an impregnable fortress.

2. Difficult or impossible to attack, challenge, or refute with success: an impregnable argument.

Auspex

aus·pex play_w2(“A0526500″) (ôspks)

n. pl. aus·pi·ces (ôsp-sz)

An augur of ancient Rome, especially one who interpreted omens derived from the observation of birds.

Devour

de·vour play_w2(“D0183500″) (d-vour)

tr.v. de·voured, de·vour·ing, de·vours

1. To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat.

2. To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes.

3. To take in eagerly: devour a novel.

4. To prey upon voraciously: was devoured by jealousy.

Glean

glean play_w2(“G0146600″) (gln)

v. gleaned, glean·ing, gleans

v.intr.

To gather grain left behind by reapers.

v.tr.

1. To gather (grain) left behind by reapers.

2. To collect bit by bit: “records from which historians glean their knowledge” Kemp Malone. See Synonyms at reap.

Careen

ca·reen play_w2(“C0110600″) (k-rn)

v. ca·reened, ca·reen·ing, ca·reens

v.intr.

1. To lurch or swerve while in motion.

2. To rush headlong or carelessly; career: “He careened through foreign territories on a desperate kind of blitz” Anne Tyler.

3. Nautical

a. To lean to one side, as a ship sailing in the wind.

b. To turn a ship on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repairing.

Brag

brag play_w2(“B0445000″) (brg)

v. bragged, brag·ging, brags

v.intr.

To talk boastfully. See Synonyms at boast¹.

v.tr.

To assert boastfully.

n.

1. A boast.

2. Arrogant or boastful speech or manner.

3. Something boasted of.

4. A braggart; a boaster.

5. Games A card game similar to poker.

Eschew

es·chew play_w2(“E0210000″) (s-ch)

tr.v. es·chewed, es·chew·ing, es·chews

To avoid; shun. See Synonyms at escape.

Sommelier

som·me·lier play_w2(“S0558600″) (sml-y, sôm-ly)

n.

A restaurant employee who orders and maintains the wines sold in the restaurant and usually has extensive knowledge about wine and food pairings.

A sommelier (pronounced /sɔməˈlje/ or suh-mal-’yAy), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, commonly working in fine restaurants.

Grop

grope play_w2(“G0277700″) (grp)

v. groped, grop·ing, gropes

v.intr.

1. To reach about uncertainly; feel one’s way: groped for the telephone.

2. To search blindly or uncertainly: grope for an answer.

v.tr.

1. To make (one’s way) by reaching about uncertainly.

2. Slang To handle or fondle for sexual pleasure.

n.

The act or an instance of groping.