Vocabulary

__magnanimous__ - generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: //to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.

 __sequestered__ - // to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.

__farouche__ - fierce

__impetus__ - a moving force; impulse; stimulus: //The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.

 __olio__ - a dish of many ingredients. //

__pass__ __é__ - no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded: There were many photographs of passé fashions. I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé. 