Vocabulary Harvest #4 -- and please remember that Friday's Quiz will cover ALL FOUR Groups of Words

magnanimity (n.)  [adjectival form:  magnanimous]

greatness; largesse; willingness to be generous and kind.
The magnanimity of Bill and Melinda Gates has resulted in a valiant struggle against infectious disease, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

analogy (n.)  [adjectival form:  analogous]
A comparison more layered than a metaphor or simile, analogy usually involves a comparison of two relationships or processes.

• Life is like a race. The one who keeps running wins the race, and the one who stops to catch a breath loses.
• Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, so the pen is the weapon of a writer.
• The way a doctor investigates disease is closely akin to the way a detective investigates crime.
• Just as a caterpillar comes out of its cocoon, so we must come out of our comfort zone.
• Your cloying squeals are almost as annoying as nails on a chalkboard.

unrequited (participial adj.)
unreturned; unrewarded
Shakespeare's unrequited love for two contemporaries -- an anonymous young man and a dark-haired woman -- inspired him to compose several of the greatest sonnets in the English language.

reiterate (v.)
restate; review; revisit
I hasten to reiterate my friendly warning about Friday's vocabulary quiz on the words in All Four Lists.

dyspeptic (adj.)
grouchy, sour, or unpleasant in a person's attitude or disposition.
Among politicians John Quincy Adams was notorious for his displays of dyspeptic irritation.  Yet among literary scholars, he was appreciated for his shrewd insight, and among civil rights workers he was praised for his Abolitionist stance against slavery.

insulate (v.)
protect, shield, cover up, isolate.
Home schooling had insulated James -- not only from certain questionable aspects of public education but also from the inherent challenges of socialization.

tautology (n.)
A tautology is a self-fulfilling proposition -- usually an eliptical or unintended redundancy.  "All men are males who belong to the human race" is a tautology.  "My dog consistently shows all the signs of membership in the canine species" is a tautology.  A tautology needlessly restates the obvious.

vernacular (n. // adj.)
As a noun:  vernacular is terminology used by people who belong to a specified group or who engage in a specialized activity.  (Oxford Dictionaries)

Expressions like 'icing' and 'the blue line' were part of the hockey vernacular my friends used and understood, but that I had no clue about!

As an adjective:  to describe words spoken or written in one's mother tongue (Oxford dictionaries).

For many years, the Catholic Church forbid vernacular translations of the Bible:  to satisfy the Vatican it had to be printed in Latin.

tumult (n.)
chaos, uproar
When the Minnesota Twins won the World Series in 1991, the tumult could be heard on both sides of the Mississippi.

patronize (v.)
To be a loyal customer of an establishment or an individual -- often with a connotation of garnering favors.
"I think you  patronize your boss, secretly hoping that she'll give you a higher salary."