Founder – verb. To sink or become wrecked.
"'Send the flanking ships scattering onto the reef.' Where they'd flounder, leaving and survivors to be picked off with arrows shot by Fenrys and Rolfe's men." (Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas, 317-318)
Originates from the Latin fudus, meaning 'bottom' or 'base', and the Old French fondrer, esfondrer meaning to "submerge, collapse"
The young women felt like a ship foundering after finding out she failed her final.
Amenable – adjective. Wiling to answer or act upon something; open to influences.
"The fresh air seemed to have made Manon amenable to divulging information, because she leaned her back against the railing, facing the cabal of killers around them." (Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas, 457). …show more content…
Noble or free from petty resentfulness
"The king gave a magnanimous bow. 'I'll take that as a compliment.'" (Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas, 498).
Magn(a) - great, large; ous – having a quality of
His apology was very magnanimous, offering little to no petty undertones.
Maw – noun. the mouth or throat of an of animal, particularly one that is carnivorous.
"Manon's sword was half out, her breathing ragged as she stared down the milky-pink maw spread wide enough to snap off her head." (Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas, 499).
Originates from Old English maga meaning "stomach" from the Proto-Germanic magon meaning "bag or stomach"
She ran for her life, the jagged teeth of the gator's maw being her motivation.
Cataclysmic – adjective. Anything relating to cataclysm (any violent disturbance or change)
"He tried not to let himself imagine it. The cataclysmic carnage and destruction." (Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas, 504).
Cata – down, against, intensive; ic – having to do with; cataclysm – originates from 1630s French cataclymse, from the Latin cataclysmos or directly from the Greek kataklysmos meaning "deluge, flood, inundation"
Any natural disaster could be cataclysmic to any