Hi everyone, happy Friday, it's Sam and this is episode 129 of the Victor Prep Vocal Podcast.

And we are just going to get straight to it today and so let's cover the words from

episode 128.

So we had satiate, reprobate, quixotic and bonnemy.

So satiate means to satisfy some desire or appetite to the full, to the maximum.

Reprobate, reprobate, that is an immoral or an unprincipled person, a rascal or a scoundrel.

Quixotic, quixotic, that is a person who is extremely idealistic and unrealistic, so

someone with their head in the clouds.

And finally we have bonnemy, bonnemy, meaning cheerful, friendliness, geniality, conviviality,

cordiality and the rest of them, as you can remember from yesterday.

So okay, that's our recap done, now let's learn some new words.

And so our first word of the day is Talon, Talon spelled T-A-L-O-N, it's a noun, and

a Talon is simply a claw, but especially one belonging to a bird of prey, like an eagle

or an owl.

So Talon is essentially the specialized term, meaning the claw of a bird of prey, so that

sharp, long, hook-like claw or nail that they have.

And generally the word is used in that literal sense, meaning the claw of a bird of prey.

But you can use the word Talon, or Talons, in a more metaphorical way, to represent something

that is powerful and controlling, usually something that's powerful and controlling,

and also harmful.

So you could say something like, he felt the talons of addiction clutching at him, making

escape difficult.

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