The Word -Syncategorematic

Kolt cursed as he stumbled in the darkness, breaking into a run to the flickering fires he saw in the distance. There were still fires burning. He'd been so syncategorematic about the uselessness of trying to get back to camp, that to see the light was a surprise. He would have thought Yorvet would have ordered the fires doused as soon as he appeared in camp. Why was Yorvet giving him the chance to remain human? His hand drifted down to the lunette blade, clenching on the hilt. Why? Why do this? Was it some sort of backhanded training?

Syncategorematic -forming a meaningful expression only in conjunction with a denoatitve expression (as a content word).

Added Info -In ancient Greek logic, kategorema referred to something that was affirmed or denied about the subject in a proposition. For instance, in "the paper is white," "whiteness" would be the kategorema. Seventeenth-century logicians extended this concept, which they called categorem, to cover the subject of the proposition as well. So, in the proposition "All men are mortal," "mortality" is a categorem and so is "man." But what about "all"? Words like "all" that signify quantity (as well as words tha tfunction as adverbs, prepositions, or conjunctions) are syncategormemata--that is, they are words that have meaning in propositions only when used in conjunction "with" other words. ("Syn-" means "with.")

The Word -Lambaste

"Giving up so quickly?"
"You've already proven that I can't beat you, so go ahead and lambaste me already." He glanced back, not wanting to but unable to resist. Why wasn't he already being forced down to all fours again?
Yorvet smiled. "Well, at least you recognize that you can't beat me." He shrugged a shoulder. "Return to camp. Get there before the fires are doused and you can stay human." Yorvet raised his hands and vanished in the blink of an eye.

Lambaste -1: to assault violently :beat, whip 2: to attack verbally : censure.

Added Info - The origins of "lambaste" are somewhat uncertain, but the word was most likely formed by combining the verbs "lam" and "baste," both of which mean "to beat severely." (Incidentally, "lambaste" can also be spelled "lambast," despite the modern spelling of the verb "baste.") Some other synonyms of "lambaste" include "pummel," "thrash," and "pound." "Pummel" suggests beating with one's fists ("the bully pummeled the smaller child until teachers intervened"). "Pound" also suggests heavy blows, though perhaps not quite so much as "pummel," and may imply a continuous rain of blows ("she pounded on the door"). "Thrash" means to strike repeatedly and thoroughly as if with a whip ("the boxer thrashed his opponent").

The Word - Nary

No...Yorvet couldn't afford to let him escape. And what easier way to keep him from leaving than making him a horse? Even if he had given his word, which he wouldn't have, that he wouldn't try to leave, Yorvet couldn't trust that. No, it didn't appear that there was nary an option that would allow him to stay human.
Kolt lowered his blade, slipping it back into the sheath one his leg. He was in between a rock and a hard place. "I won't train to kill for you." He said finally turning away. "So if you're going to make me a horse do it already." He hated the horse form. But serving as a hired hand was the last thing he wanted to make of his life.

Nary - not any : not one

Added Info -"Nary," often used in the phrase "nary a" to mean "not a single," is an 18th-century alteration of the adjectival phrase "ne'er a," in which "ne'er" is a contraction of "never." That contraction dates to the 13th century, and the word it abbreviates is even older: "never" can be traced back to Old English naefre, a combination of ne ("not" or "no") and aefre ("ever"). Old English ne also combined with a ("always") to give us na, the Old English ancestor of our "no." A, from the Latin aevum ("age" or "lifetime") and Greek aion ("age"), is related to the English adverb "aye," meaning "always, continually, or ever." This "aye" (pronounced to rhyme with "say") is unrelated to the more familiar "aye" (pronounced to rhyme with "sigh") used as a synonym of "yes."

The Word -Ukase

"Let me give you a little ukase, Kolt." Yorvet said after a long moment of silence between them. "Do what I say, listen, become what I need you to become, and one day you can walk away. Without me dead."
Kolt shook his head, gripping the blade tighter. "No."
Yorvet exhaled with disappointment. "So you want to be a horse for a while longer then, fine by me."
He raised his hands.
Kolt backed away, with barred teeth. "Don't!"
"You leave me no choice, I can't have you running off to daddy no can I?"

Ukase - 1: a proclaimation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law 2a: a proclamation having the force of law b: order, command.

Added Info - English speakers adopted "ukase" more or less simultaneously from French (ukase) and Russian (ukaz) in the early 18th century. The word can be traced further back to the Russian verb ukazat', meaning "to show" or "to order," and its ultimate source is an ancient root that led to similar words in Latin, Sanskrit, and Old Church Slavic. A Russian ukase was a command from the highest levels of government that could not be disobeyed. But by the early 19th century, English speakers were also using "ukase" generally for any command that seemed to come from a higher authority, particularly one that was final or arbitrary.

The Word -Prodigal

"What you had was fools gold compared to real gold, Kolt." Yorvet replied in a tone that could freeze blood. He let go of Kolt, letting him land on his feet, instead of shoving him back to the ground. That didn't mean Kolt didn't stumble, he'd been expecting to be thrown to the ground.
He turned back to Yorvet, lunette blade in hand. "It was my life!"
"And I'm going to offer you a better one." Yorvet replied. "And if you're lucky, and train well, perhaps I'll let you have your triumphant prodigal moment."
Kolt rolled his eyes, grip shifting on the handle of the blade. "The day you give me that is the day you die, Yorvet. If I'm lucky."
"Only if you're human when I kick the bucket, Kolt." He smirked. "Die as a horse and get used to pastures and saddles for the rest of your life."

Prodigal - 1: recklessly extravagant. 2: characterized by wasteful expenditure : lavish 3: yielding abundantly : luxuriant --oftened used with of.

Added Info -"Prodigal" shares the same root as a number of words, among them "active," "agenda," "exact," "chasten," 'react," and "transact." The root in question is agree, Latin for "to drive," "to lead," "to act," or "to do." "Prodigal" is from agree plus the prefix prod-, which means "forth." That combination rendered the Latin verb prodigere, meaning "to drive away" or "to squander," and the Latin adjective prodigus, from which we derived our adjective "prodigal." The past participle of agree is actus--thus agree is the parent of many words that contain "act."

The Word - El Dorado

"If you ever expect to have your El Dorado moment, little Kolt." Yorvet said, kicking him for good measure. Kolton groaned, curling up. "You need a lot more training with that lunette knife." He pulled Kolton back up to his feet, holding him up by the collar. Kolton gritted his teeth, struggling to get out of Yorvet's grip. "I already had it!" He snarled. "You took it from me when you kidnapped me!"

El Dorado - 1: a place of great riches held by 16th century explorers to exist in South America 2: a place of great wealth or opportunity.

Added Info - In the early 1500s, Spanish conquistadores heard tales of an Amazonian king who regularly coated his body with gold dust, then plunged into a nearby lake to wash it off while being showered with gold and jewels thrown by his subjects. The Spaniards called the city ruled by this flamboyant monarch El Dorado, Spanish for "gilded one," and the story of the gold-covered king eventually grew into a legend of a whole country paved with gold. These days, "El Dorado" can also be used generically for any place of vast riches, abundance, or opportunity.