Brenda’s Reviews > The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 > Status Update

si·ne·cure
/ˈsinəˌkyo͝or/
noun
a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

gas·con·ade
/ˌɡaskəˈnād/
nounLITERARY
noun: gasconade
extravagant boasting

in·cho·ate
/inˈkōət,ˈinkəˌwāt/
adjective
1.
just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
"a still inchoate democracy”

mes·ti·zo
/meˈstēzō,məˈstēzō/
noun
(in Latin America) a person of mixed race, especially one of Indigenous and Spanish or Portuguese descent

Henry Knox deserves more print!💣

Pronunciation of victuals?

en·fi·lade
/ˈenfəläd,ˈenfəˌlād/
noun
1.
a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
"they were mown down by an enfilade of artillery"

am·bus·cade

/ˈambəˌskād/
nounDATED
an ambush.
"our sensibilities are being battered with reports of killings and ambuscades"
verbARCHAIC
ambush (someone).
"French and his companions were ambuscaded by the Indians.”

It’s early in the year for dandelions.

wind·age

/ˈwindij/
noun
the air resistance of a moving object, such as a vessel or a rotating machine part, or the force of the wind on a stationary object.
the effect of the wind in deflecting a missile such as a bullet