Esprit de Corps es-prit de corps /əˌsprē də ˈkôr,eˌsprē də ˈkôr/ Noun team spirit “Individual ambition is undoubtedly a strong motive in student work, but there is such a thing among students everywhere as ambition for others, call it class spirit, esprit de corps, good fellowship, or good will to men.” Herbert Baxter Adams (1850-1901)

Regale re-gale / rɪˈgeɪl / Verb to entertain “The storyteller’s purpose is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon — and perhaps to regale you along the way.” Brandon Sanderson (1975-)

Scrupulous scru-pu-lous /ˈskro͞opyələs/ Adjective careful, cautious, exact “While it is true that an inherently free and scrupulous person may be destroyed, such an individual can never be enslaved or used as a blind tool.” Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Prototype pro-to-type  /ˈproʊ.t̬ə.taɪp/ Noun  original work used as a model by others “As you make a prototype, assume you are right and everyone else is wrong. When you share your prototype, assume you are wrong and everyone else is right.” Diego Rodriguez Telechea (1991-)

Nourishment nour-ish-ment /ˈnəriSHm(ə)nt/ Noun food or drink that supplies the body with what is necessary for life, health, and growth; sustenance “The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.” Ali ibn Ali Talib (600-661 CE) substance necessary for growth, strength, and continuity “Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.” Paulo Coelho... Read More

Dialect di-a-lect /ˈdīəˌlek(t)/ Noun a form of speech characterized by local peculiarities “Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.“ Walt Whitman (1812-1892)

Elation e-la-tion /əˈlāSHən/ Noun a rise in spirits “Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.” Doug Larson (1926-2017)

Fragrance fra-grance / ˈfreɪ grəns / Noun a sweet smell, perfume, aroma “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds even on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain (1835-1910)  

Ivory i-vo-ry / ˈīv(ə)rē/ Adjective/Noun  1. a creamy-white color “Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.” Langston Hughes (1901-1967) 2. hard, white substance taken from the tusks of elephants “The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold.” Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Harmonica har-mon-i-ca /  hɑrˈmɒn ɪ kə / Noun a hand-held rectangular musical instrument played by exhaling and inhaling through a row of metal reeds “I daydream about a high school where everybody plays the harmonica: the students, the teachers, the principal, the janitor and the cook in the cafeteria.” Richard Brautigan (1935-1984)