Words of the day.....

From Chapter one of one of my school textbooks....

Yes, I had to look these up.
Let's all expand our vocabularies today....

presage
transitive verb
1 : to give an omen or warning of : FORESHADOW
2 : FORETELL, PREDICT
intransitive verb : to make or utter a prediction

solicitude
1 a : the state of being concerned and anxious b : attentive care and protectiveness; also : an attitude of earnest concern or attention
2 : a cause of care or concern -- usually used in plural

vicissitude
1 a : the quality or state of being changeable : MUTABILITY b : natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs
2 a : a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition b : a difficulty or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of action and usually beyond one's control c : alternating change : SUCCESSION

ameliorate
transitive verb : to make better or more tolerable
intransitive verb : to grow better

aphorism
1 : a concise statement of a principle
2 : a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : ADAGE

asseverate
to affirm or declare positively or earnestly