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GRE Quotes
Quotes of GRE words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Impudence | Not showing respect Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. |
| Inane | Lacking sense or meaning To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudence. |
| Fortitude | courage in pain Patience and fortitude conquer all things |
| effrontery | rude lack of respect The advice which is not wanted ,evidently an effrontery |
| insolent | rude or lack of respect A insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign |
| impertinent | not showing proper respect Every impertinence doesn't deserve a reaction,sometimes silence is the best answer |
| diffidence | modesty or shyness Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs =, they also make him unfit for bitches. |
| banal | lacking originality or boring banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution |
| patronizing | apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side |
| disposition | a person's inherent qualities of mind and character. Its not position but the disposition that matters |
| stolid | |
| Provocative | causing anger deliberately You either agree or being provocative |
| iconoclastic | criticizing or attacking cherished beliefs or institutions When you are young , you dont feel iconoclastic-you are just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you. |
| atrocious | horrifyingly wicked. To speak of atrocious crimes in mild language is treason to virtue |
| lucid | expressed clearly or easy to understand Its a lucid fact that there is no hidden secret to success ;This is a step by step journey. |
| implied | suggested but not directly expressed. The notion of implied meaning is the root of misunderstanding |
| transgression | an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence When people help one another in sin and transgression ,they finish by hating each other. |
| foible | a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character Scan not a person with microscopic glass , you know their faults now let the foibles pass |
| quibble | a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter Experts and specialist lead you quickly into chaos. They are a source of useless nit-picking, the ferocious quibble over a comma. |
| Inexactitude | lack of accuracy or precision Thats not a lie,its a terminological in-exactitude |
| prevarication | Prevarication is when someone tells a lie, especially in a sneaky way Prevarication like honesty , is reflexive and soon become a sturdy habit, as reliable as truth. |
| amiability | the quality of being friendly and gentle amiability shines by its own light |
| sagaious | intelligent simply stated,it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation. |
| obfuscation | the act of making something obscure simply stated,it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation. |
| obscure | unknown, doubtful There is world of difference between truth and fact.Facts can obscure the truth. |
| eschew | to give up,abstain simply stated,it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation. |
| callous | showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others. The lesson of life amount not to wisdom , but to scar tissue and callous,stay away from callous comments |
| fallibility | the tendency to make mistakes or be wrong. technology is not a cure for human fallibility |
| enigmatic | difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious. Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic ,Reality itself is too obvious to be true |
| Actualization | real |
| insalubrious | unwholesome |
| wholesome | suggestive of good health and physical well-being. to abstain from lying is essentially wholesome |
| communal | shared by all members of community communal living communal harmony is a fuel for nation |
| dubious | hesitating or doubting The authenticity may have been dubious but the excitement had been real |
| Amorphous | Without clearly defined shape or structure Fame is weird and amorphous and unpredictable |
| meticulous | showing great attention ,very careful The meticulous care for the rights of least among us is the sin qua non of non violence |
| sin qua non | without which not an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary. |
| mystify | utterly bewilder or perplex Always mislead, mystify and surprise the enemy |
| Erudite | having or showing great knowledge or learning Arrogance is one of the flaws in erudite heart. I know it is often in mine. |
| exemplify | illustrate or clarify by giving an example. It is easier to exemplify values than teach them. |
| Belicose | demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. No one can break my bellicose except me. |
| Obstinate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so An Obstinate person doesn't hold opinion, they hold them. |
| guile | sly or cunning intelligence. We wear the the mask that grins and lies,it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes , this debt we pay to human guile but let the world dream otherwise, we wear the mask. |
| prescience | the fact of knowing something in advance |
| Sophistry | the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving. No sophistry , no jugglery in figures can explain away the evidence that skeletons in many villages present to naked eye |
| peripheral | of secondary or minor importance |
| Novice | a person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation. The difference between novice and master is that, master has failed more times than novice has tried. |
| Defunct | No longer functioning You either innovate or you become defunct |
| shroud | cover or envelop so as to conceal from view I stood among them , but not of them , in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts. Time is the shroud that even wraps greatest of the kings. |
| anachronistic | belonging to a period other than that being portrayed. he idea of a unique identity has become anachronistic in the age of computing |
| Dormant | temporarily inactive. The light of unconditional love awakens the dormant seed potentials of the soul |
| prevalent | widespread in a particular area or at a particular time Death seemed the most prevalent feature of the landscape |
| mendacious | not telling the truth; lying. There are so mendacious minds that even truth said by them becomes a lie. |
| morose | sullen and ill-tempered. If i dont seem as depressed and morose as i should be , sorry to disappoint you |
| inchoate | just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary. you inchoate promises are still echoing behind the wrecked walls of my heart. |
| nascent | ust coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential. |
| insipid | lacking flavour; weak or tasteless. I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books |
| chasm | a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc A chasm remind us there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy. |
| subtle | so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe. Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings. |
| superficial | existing or occurring at or on the surface. In the world full of superficiality , try to read between the lines. |
| engender | give rise to A mind at peace doesn't end engender wars |
| espouse | support or align i had the same faith they espouse |
| evince | exhibit or show your nature evince your beauty |
| predicate | base on something important Nothing is ever guaranteed , and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next |
| indolent | lazy , cant do much nothing is difficult ; it is only we who are indolent |
| impetuous | Do something without thinking,rapidly change Life is impetuous but you shouldn't be impromptu |
| impromptu | done without being planned or rehearsed |
| repercussions | n unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one. Repercussions are serious and they will take you places |
| reverberation | a continuing effect; a repercussion. reverberation gets bitter when dream shatter |
| Austere | (of living conditions or a way of life) having no comforts or luxuries Even in a time of fiscal austerity , education is more than just an expense |
| exacerbate | make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse. |
| sate | satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the ful |
| satiated | satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the ful Hope is only feeling that can never be satiated |
| unnerve | make (someone) lose courage or confidence. |
| inception | the establishment or starting point of an institution or activity. |
| excruciating | intensely painful |
| primarily | for the most part; mainly. |
| Postulate | suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief |
| proximity | nearness in space, time, or relationship. |
| Largesse | generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others. |
| celestial | positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy. |
| benign | kind and gentle |
| impervious | not allowing fluid to pass through. |
| minuscule | extremely small; tiny. |
| placate | make (someone) less angry or hostile. |
| goad | provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction |
| perturbed | feeling anxiety or concern; unsettled |
| whimsical | layfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way. attractively unusual or old-fashioned. I still want to live in a whimsical world that seems more romantic and fantasy related because real life seems so hard. |
| frivolous | not having any serious purpose or value. A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last |
| mundane | lacking interest or excitement; dull |
| pedantic | excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous. facts are what pedantic , dull people have instead of opinions. |
| Moniker | name,nickname |
| fortuitous | happening by chance rather than intention We all act as hinges,fortuitous link between other people |
| corroborate | confirm or give support to No evidence turns up to corroborate what people think they saw |
| repudiate | refuse to accept; reject. If you repudiate faith , you cant reach your goal |
| burgeon | begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish. Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set , the leaves burgeon and wither , can be said to be aware of what living is. |
| degenerate | having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind. |
| caustic | able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action Appointments are caustic to creativity |
| inept | having or showing no skill; clumsy. Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it |
| craven | contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly. The craven soldier deserted his post and ran away from the battle |
| Vociferous | expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful Do you remember how vociferously you said, its over. I don't love you any more. Do you remember how |
| Doctrine | a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group. Good conduct arises out of good doctrine |
| ascendancy | occupation of a position of dominant power or influence Two civilizations always fight for ascendancy. |
| foment | instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action) I do see my self as aiming to foment some-kind of revolution. |
| confounded | used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance. We are all confounded by lack of time |
| Defy | openly resist or refuse to obey Defy your own group , rebel against yourself In some ways you have to defy the odds |
| complaisance | disposition to please or comply : affability Its an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance |
| speciousness | apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible A thing may be specious in theory but ruinous in practice A thing may look specious in theory and yet be ruinous in |
| innuendo | an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one Play the work with no innuendo ,just honesty trust will follow |
| magnanimous | generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person. It is the characteristic of magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others. |
| Deceitful | guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others A deceitful politician |
| cynicism | an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; scepticism What is a cynic, A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing |
| Veracity | conformity to facts; accuracy. And yet it wasn't in her nature to question the veracity of a young man of such amiable appearance as wickham. |
| equanimity | calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation. She accepted both good and bad with equanimity |
| Alacrity | brisk and cheerful readiness. He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. |
| officious | assertive of authority in a domineering way, especially with regard to trivial matters. intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice; interfering I trust no rich man , who is officiously kind to a poor man The officious demands of police man |
| Labyrinthine | (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting. |
| Confound | cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations Nothing can confound a wise man more than a laughter from dunce |
| disconcerting | causing one to feel unsettled. A yawn is more disconcerting than a contradiction |
| impediment | a hindrance or obstruction in doing something. There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words |
| pernicious | having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. Freedom of belief is pernicious , it is nothing but the freedom to be wrong |
| Supplicate | ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. They arise from their bed;they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration. |
| Gauche | Awkward and Clumsy , usually in social context She had grown from a gauche teenager to a self-assured young woman |
| Mawkish | sentimental in an exaggerated or false way. Let me be mawkish for the nonce ! i am so tired of being cynical believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity. |
| nonce | (of a word or expression) coined for one occasion,temporarily Oh let me be mawkish for the nonce,I am so tired for being cynical |
| supine | lying down, not doing anything This fire is going to stop and i am not saying it to be marked as supine |
| fecund | producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; highly fertile. The picture should be fecund . It must bring a world to birth The picture should be fecund, it must bring a word to birth producing many new ideas |
| didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction Communication is a mutual feeling with someone , not a didactic process of information communication is a mutual feeling with someone,not a didactic process of information |
| slapdash | done too hurriedly and carelessly. I don't like slapdash careless prose and if, I saw my self doing it , I would give up writing altogether. |
| ramshackle | (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair. However steep or ramshackle they may be , don't ever despise the stairs which take you up to the higher levels |
| spendthrift | a person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way. But squander not your wealth in a manner of spend thrift |
| Aboveboard | legitimate, honest, and open. Honest, Open and Above board agendas lead to successful organizations |
| lackluster | lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring Desync between saying and doing evince lackluster |
| watershed | an event or period marking a turning point in a situation the 9 p.m. watershed will always be remembered |
| gainsay | deny or contradict (a fact or statement). what i should say my tears gainsay ;for every word i speak, ye see , I drink the water of mine eyes |
| reprove | reprimand (someone).Reject Reprove your employees in secret,praise them openly. |
| ineluctable | unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable. Truth is not which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable |
| numinous | having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity. Ordinary things can be numinous when you gain consciousness When you gain consciousness you find numinous in ordanry things |
| predicament | a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation. Life is predicament which precedes death |
| immutable | unchanging over time or unable to be changed The eternal difference between right and wrong doesn't fluctuate , it is immutable |
| deleterious | causing harm or damage. divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children |
| dogmatism | the tendency to lay down principles as undeniably true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others. A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching |
| Disenchant | cause (someone) to be disappointed It is good somes for poetry to disenchant us |
| Extraneous | irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with. To know how to produce a work of art is to know , how to discard the extraneous |
| cower | crouch down in fear. I will never cower against any master nor bend to any threat |
| vacillate | waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive Life has a way of forcing decisions on those who vacillate |
| extravagance | lack of restraint in spending money or using resources. Extravagance is also when a person eats whatever he wishes |
| tortuous | full of twists and turns Life is but a hard and tortuous journey |
| Corporal | relating to the human body. Corporal punishments needs to be banned |
| pathological | involving or caused by a physical or mental disease relating to pathology. |
| excoriation | to write or say that a play, book, political action, etc. is very bad: His latest novel received excoriating reviews She was excoriated and shunned even in her own party |
| curtail | reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on. Law exist to curtail the power of strongest |
| extremity | the furthest point or limit of something. At the extremity of smile a deep shadow of pain exists . |
| chicanery | the use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose Do not Let the chicanery give a bite to your candid heart |
| diatribe | a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something .When people are talking diatribe against you means you are climbing the ladder of success |
| rescind | revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement). I wish there was a CTRL+Z button in real life to rescind everything thats immutable |
| nugatory | of no value or importance. When you have a relationship with no trust thousands of proofs are nugatory to show |
| untoward | unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient. if things are going untoward one month, they are sure to mend the next |
| propitiate | win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases ,He (Jesus A.S)is the propiation for our sins and not for only us but whole world |
| esoteric | intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest. We try to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric. |
| Dilatory | slow; delaying A dilatory man wrestles with losses |
| Polemic | a written or verbal attack against someone diatribe Innovation being avant grade , is always polemic innovation being avant grade (favouring new ideas ) is always polemic |
| brazen | bold and without shame. Last night was scorchin, blazin An overload of endorphins This motorola is just torchin Act like I be actin brazen |
| contrition | the state of feeling remorseful and penitent.guilt In that hour of deep contrition i kept on crying until dawn He beheld, with clearer vision, |
| despondency | low spirits from loss of hope or courage; dejection Better a sinner than despondent |
| Vehemence | great forcefulness or intensity of feeling or expression. Vehemence that keep the soul alive to keep going |
| impropriety | failure to observe standards of honesty or modesty; improper behavior,corruption My imbalanced mind is unaccepted by society My life is ruled by urges, sickened impropriety |
| sage | a profoundly wise man. They that have wrought the end thought Be neither saint nor sage |
| populist | a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. |
| Caregiver | one who gives care |
| oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction faith unfaithful kept him falsely true |
| admonish | warn or reprimand someone firmly. When you admonish a wrong doer, do so politely so that it may not lead to hostility |
| phlegmatic | having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition. cool calm Phlegmatic natures can be inspired to enthusiasm only by being made in to fanatics Only the phlegmatic and stupid should teach, I beseech you, be not so phlegmatic. hear the truth |
| beseech | ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat,beg,supplicate Here i beseech you not to be with me but dont be not out with me It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace from Allah and not have it. |
| tarnish | make or become less valuable or respected. One lie has power to tarnish thousand truths |
| brandish | wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement. The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage. |
| burnish | the shine on a highly polished surface. I have no axe to grind , only my thoughts to burnish |
| Placation | to appease or pacify Often we loose our ability to placate others |
| Reprobation | Re probation means disapproval. Severe disapproval |
| rehabilitation | the action of restoring someone to health or normal life You are not only my drug but my rehabilitation |
| obsequious | obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree Obsequiousness begets friends and truth hatred. |
| Subverting | undermine the power and authority,over throw,overturn We di ourselves a great disservice when we let the bitter opinions of others mingle and subvert our own thoughts |
| whim | a sudden desire or change of mind Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while |
| Volatility | liability to change rapidly and unpredictably,Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatality Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility Fragility is the the quality of things that are vulnerable to volat |
| wariness | caution about possible dangers or problems lack of trust; suspicion A soldier should have as much wariness as courage A soldier should have as much wariness as courage |
| acquiescence | the reluctant acceptance of something without protest Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality ; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence |
| Empathy | the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. The highest form of knowledge is empathy |
| Apathy | lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. Apathy is a glove in which evil slips its hand |
| modulate | exert a modifying or controlling influence on. Lifes errors cry for the merciful beauty that can modulate their insolation in to harmo |
| Ostentatious | characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress. Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time. Do your damnedest in a ostentatious manner all the time. |
| Ingenuous | (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting. I am blatant and ingenuous because I adore you |
| scepticism | a sceptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something I was a skeptic , He, an illusion . The impossibilty between us was love. |
| yearning | a feeling of intense longing for something. There are three ingredients in the good life : learning earning and yearning |
| verbosity | the fact or quality of using more words than needed; wordiness. Artist are those who can evade the verbose. |
| Assertion | a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief. The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear |
| Idiosyncratic | relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual. Extra ordinary ,distinctive The older i get , the more i embrace my own idiosyncrasies |
| rapturous | characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.ecstatic |
| captivating | capable of attracting and holding interest; charming. The captivating gaze from your eye is intoxicating |
| incongruous | not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something. human life is incongruous combination of tragedy and comedy Human life |
| eclectic | a person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.People who live in areas with diversity have eclectic tastes Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations , I will probably neve |
| perfunctory | (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort. Perfunctory efforts and superficial love always end in failure. |
| expound | present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail. What was the use of of trying to expound a truth if the majority prefer a lie. |
| hotbed | n environment promoting the growth of something, especially something unwelcome. the country was a hotbed of revolt and dissension |
| dazzle | (of a bright light) blind (a person or their eyes) temporarily. If you cant dazzle them with brilliance baffle them with the bull |
| amid | surrounded by; in the middle of. Amid all your duties , keep some hours to your self |
| botch | carry out (a task) badly or carelessly. What a terrible thing is to botch a farewell |
| taut | stretched or pulled tight; not slack. Enthusiasm is everything it must be taught and vibrating like a guitar |
| squint | look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong ligh |
| feint | a deceptive or pretended blow, thrust, or other movement, especially in boxing or fencing. Our minds have tendency to wander .To duck and feint and keep us slight remove from moment at hand |
| feverishly | in a frenetically excited or energetic manner. Don't be feverish about success rather be learning |
| confluence | the act and process of merging Truth lies at the confluence of independent streams of evidence. |
| imperceptible | so slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived. |
| paradox | a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true. |
| scaffolding | a temporary structure on the outside of a building, made of wooden planks and metal poles, used by workmen while building, repairing, or cleaning the building |
| flout | openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).defy Foul Out by referee but he he clearly defy the refree |
| convoluted | extremely complex and difficult to follow Women are convoluted,deceptive and dangerous Convolution theorem very hard to solve |
| elaborate | involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning. The more elaborate our means of communication , the less we communicate In e-laboratory we work to add details and join complex parts |
| inconsequential | not important or significant People talk about inconsequential things with great interest Boys |
| duplicity | deceitfulness, The two duplicate kids to deceive others in magic show |
| partisan | prejudice in favour of a particular cause; bias. Part and partial , so you are biased. It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor(shout) raised by heated partisan |
| ambivalence | the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone |
| sully | damage the purity or integrity of. |
| quintessential | representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class The quintessential expression of coffee is espresso. |
| Implode | collapse or cause to collapse violently inwards |
| Gouge | make a rough hole or indentation in (a surface) gouge out his eyes |
| bolster | support or strengthen. e fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence |
| indecorous | not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper |
| Irresolute | showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain. |
| tout | attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach. a person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit. |
| conquest | he subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force. Real glory spring from the silent conquest of ourselves |
| reinforce | strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material. |
| bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives. |
| viable | capable of working successfully; feasible. |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts owed |
| bankrupt | (of a person or organization) declared in law as unable to pay their debts. |
| stigmatize | describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval. |
| reverence | deep respect for someone or something. reverence is the most sublime attribute of human soul |
| scornful | feeling or expressing contempt or derision. The scornful force of his tone turn the word into a curse |
| venerate | regard with great respect; revere |
| ridicule | subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour. |
| Derided | express contempt for; ridicule. |
| peculiar | different to what is normal or expected; strange Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who dont depend on it. |
| apt | appropriate or suitable in the circumstances. An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence |
| Intrinsic | belonging naturally; essential. To have a sense of one intrinsic worth is potentially to have everything |
| Accurately ascertained | determined precisely |
| instinctively | Without conscious thought |
| crave | feel a powerful desire for (something). |
| exclusive | unable to exist or be true if something else exists or is true. |
| juvenile | for or relating to young people. |
| euphemism | using or of the nature of a euphemism. genteel,polite |
| indifferent | having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned. |
| testimony | a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law. |
| veracious | speaking or representing the truth. |
| downtrodden | oppressed or treated badly by people in power. |
| forthright | (of a person or their manner or speech) direct and outspoken |
| intransigent | unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something. |
| irascible | having or showing a tendency to be easily angered. The old me used to be irascible. |
| irritable | having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed. |
| hamstring | severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of. |
| exculpate | show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing. Even the great remorse cant exculpate my sins. |
| proselytize | convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another. The mula hypnotize people by telling them prose |
| lambaste | criticize (someone or something) harshly. Some people criticize and lambaste others, but praise work more effectively. bastered you didnt do this dont give me lame excuses |
| facade | front side of the building,false from misleading appearance All great experience has guarded entrance and window less facade |
| facet | a particular aspect or feature of something,one side of something many sided We were outplayed in every facet of game |
| fallacy | false notion or belief , a misconception That is the greatest fallacy , the wisdom of old men.They donot grow wise .They grow careful. |
| fathom | to understand , to penetrate the meaning of There are things that the heart knows that the mind cannot even fathom |
| faux | fasle My biggest faux pah is not to give time to my self Like her neclace her character was also faux |
| fawn | to exhibit affection,to seek favor through flattery The old women fawned over the new kid. |
| feign | to make false representation, to pretend The truest poetry is the most feigning Fine when you are in grief |
| fester | to generate pus, decay Old secrets are like old wounds , they fester |
| fetish | an object of obsessive reverence ,attention or interest Perfection can be fetish |
| fiasco | complete failure or disaster, incredible The birthday party turned into fiasco when the candle on the cake explode |
| fiat | an arbitrary decree or order The value of countries currency was not set by the market but by executive fiat. |
| fickle | Likely to change for no reason Praise none too much , for all are fickle. |
| figment | something made up or invented; a fabrication mental figures are thoughts and ideas which we invent You are not figment of my imagination and this inst day dream except everyone in life is figment of your imagination |
| defiance | open resistance; bold disobedience. Creativity is an act of defiance |
| fledgling | inexperienced or immature Like a fledgling eager to fly out of nest. |
| Flippant | frivolously disrespectful I prefer the fierce to the flippant A person who flips a coin and decides is sure non serious |
| Florid | excessively flowery , red faced My brother still making fun of that florid love poem Ted sent me. |
| Fodder | Food for animal |
| Folly | Foolishness,insanity imprudence Those who realize their folly are not true fools |
| Foray | A quick rade or attack The minute sheely left , her younger sister made a foray on her makeup |
| Forebode | to be an omen of,to predict , to foretell because of the sense of foreboding she took a step back from her love. |
| Foreclose | to deprive mortgator of his or her right to redeem a property, to shut Remember after they foreclose their mortgage you get a lot of sunshine in your life |
| Forestall | to prevent or hinder something from happening you will not forestall my judgement |
| Forswear | to renounce, to take back did my heart love till now,forswear it,sight ,for i never saw true beauty till this night |
| Forte | A person strong point,special talent My forte is awkwardness |
| Foster | to encourage to promote Growing up next door to a circus fostered my love for elephants |
| fragmentary | incomplete,disconnected She has only fragmentary knowledge of our national anthem |
| Fulminate | to protest vehemently against something, to denounce vigorously The principal fulminations had no effect on naughty sophomores , they went right on smoking cigrette and blowing their smoke in his face |
| Gaffe | Social blunder, embarrassing mistake faux pas A gaffe is when politician tells the truth |
| Galvanize | to startle into sudden activity , to revitalize The books that matters to me are those that galvanize something inside me ,I read books to read myself |
| Gambit | A scheme to gain advantage, a poly Concede the gambit of destiny and robust your self for future |
| Gamut | Full range of something Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face |
| Gastronomy | The art of eating well.I have never eaten a better meal, its gastronomic miracle |
| Genesis | origin, creating beginning Passion is the genesis of genius |
| Germane | Applicable, pertinent , relevant One of the many germane points he raised during his speech was that someone is going to have pay for all these improvements |
| Ghastly | Shockingly horrible, frightful ,ghost like What we call experience is often a dreadful list of ghastly mistakes |
| gratis | free of charge ,gratuity Everything that has value has its price,nothing worth having is ever handed to you gratis |
| grievous | tragic,agonizing,severe Sometimes there is no happy choice ,only one less grievous than the others. |
| grimace | to make an ugly , disapproving facial expression Dont grimace , haf , or your face will freeze that way |
| guise | an external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something. The truth is that history constantly present new problems in the old guise |
| habituate | to train , to accustom to a situation Walking is the best possible exercise,habituate your self to walk very far . |
| Halcyon | peaceful, serene , carefree Halcyon your self, bad people and bad time will pass |
| Harbinger | indication,an omen , a precursor In this world everyone is a harbinger , people carry the prophecy of their future. |
| carp | complain or find fault continually about trivial matters. There is not anything so excellent but some will carp at it |
| harp | repeat tediously Will you quit harping on my hair,tim shouted at his mother |
| herald | a royal proclaimer , a harbinger time is the herald of truth |
| hoary | gray or white with age ,ancient stale I asked some hoary allies to sum up the life for me, they just uttered a word struggle |
| homage | reverence , respect The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it |
| Hubris | arrogance , excessive pride We all are victims of our own hubris at times |
| imbue | to inspire, to permeate or tinge We all are imbued with the love of praise |
| impasse | a deadlock a situation from which there is no escape There is no recipe that work for every impasse |
| impecunious | without money I would rather be an impecunious fellow than being a self centered billionaire |
| impede | to obstruct or interfere with ; delay Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams |
| impending | be about to happen, approaching, imminent Ignorance of impending evil is far better than knowledge of its approach |
| imperative | Completely necessary , vitally important Innovation no longer remains a choice but has become an imperative |
| implication | implied, suggested intimation is close synonym for implication, to imply something is to suggest it |
| importune | to urge with annoying persistence, to trouble A book is not meant to read, but to importune you you like a lover , to be in your teeth like a gristle. |
| impoverish | to reduce poverty,to make destitute giving doesn't impoverish us nor does with holding enrich us |
| impregnable | conquerable , able to with stand attack A brave mind is always impregnable |
| improvise | to perform without preparation , to make to do with whatever material available sometimes it works , sometimes it fails , thats how improvisation works |
| impunity | freedom from punishment Impunity becomes the very foundation upon which systems of corruption are built |
| inadvertent | unintentional,heedless not planned For most of my life i did deliberately lead a private life and inadvertently lead a public life. |
| inalienable | incapable of being transferred ,lost or taken away, sacred Human being have an inalienable right to invent themselves |
| incarnation | person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or quality. Poetry is a little incarnation giving body to what had been before invisible |
| incendiary | used for setting property on fire,tending to arose passion or anger inflammatory A book is a box brimming with incendiary material . The reader strikes that match |
| incumbent | currently holding an office,obligatory Where there is no hope it is incumbent on us to invent it |
| incursions | an hostile invasion,a raid Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and false alarms of society ,a period of cure and recovery |
| indict | charge with a crime,to accuse of wrong doing |
| infraction | breaking the law Every law is an infraction of liberty |
| infringe | to violate,to encroach or trespass Internet copyright infringement activities have been increasingly rampant |
| infuse | to instill,to introduce,to imbue The best stories infuse wander Infuse your life with action , dont wait for it to happen |
| ingratiate | to work to make your self liked Honesty is seldom ingratiating and often discomfiting |
| inimical | unfavorable,harmful,detrimental ,hostile Ideas those inimical to our values,must be surfaced so hey can be challenged |
| inimitable | impossible to imitate ,matchless , the best Frances managed to carry of the evening in her usual inimitable style |
| inquisition | ruthless questioning, an official investigation characterized by cruelty. The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the inquisition |
| insouciant | nonchalant,lighthearted ,carefree I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance ,were it not for making living , which is rather nouciance (a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance.) |
| insufferable | unbearable, intolerable The smell of cigar smoke in this room is absolutely insufferable |
| insuperable | unable to overcome , insurmountable , overwhelming Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to All progress |
| insurrection | an act of open rebellion against authority, a revolt Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms |
| integral | essential , indispensable Patience is an integral part of talent |
| interloper | intruder,trespasser , unwanted person Deer in my back yard are the only interlopers i don't mind |
| interlude | an intervening episode , an intermission , a pause i dont know whether war is interlude during peace or peace an interlude during war. |
| interminable | seemingly unending ,tediously long There is some end at last for the man who follows a path ,mere rambling is interminable |
| intersperse | to place at intervals , to scatter among "the debate was interspersed with angry exchanges" |
| intimate | to hint to imply Are you intimating that i am unable to complete course |
| intricate | complicated,sophisticated , having many parts or facets Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make contribution |
| intrigue | secret scheme,a crafty plot Some people hide more than others and it does intrigue me |
| invidious | causing envy or resentment , offensively harmful Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding |
| inviolate | free from injury,pure Her morals are inviolate ,even after four years in college,she was senior before she saw even a keg of bear |
| invoke | to entreat or pray for,to call on as in prayer , to declare to be in effect If you would beseech a blessing upon your self , beware , lest without intent you invoke a curse upon neighbor at the the same time. |
| iridescent | displaying glowing,changing colors |
| jaunt | short pleasure trip, I have liked lots of people till i went on a picnic jaunt with them |
| jocular | joly,fond of joking, Even her husband jocular mood doesnt cheer her up |
| jubilation | exultant joy In excess of jubilation at the good news, she flung her arms around a total stranger |
| Larceny | theft robbery, There was larceny in his heart , but his legs were honest |
| Lascivious | lustful,obscene ,lewd Clarence lascivious comments made his female associates extremely uncomfortable |
| Lax | negligent , irresponsible Mike is a rather lax house keeper |
| limpid | transparent , clear,lucid The language of politics is seldom limpid |
| listless | sluggish , without energy or enthusiasm One listless day followed by another,with nothing to distinguish and you with get nothing productive from this listless rumination |
| Litany | recital or list , tedious recounting Our litany of complaints about problems is longer than our prayers |
| Livid | discolored,black and blue ,enraged If people are always livid in life ,they would end up lacking their respect from others. |
| loath | extremely unwilling,reluctant I absolutely loath luxury,its the one thing i cant with stand |
| lout | an uncouth and aggressive man or boy. The stupid lout has no idea , how to dance . I think he broke my foot when he stepped on it. |
| Ludicrous | ridiculous , absurd The words are ludicrous at times, but you add reality to them |
| mania | crazed,excessive ,excitement , insanity and delusion The mania of roman emperor caligula displayed its self in ways that are too unpleasant to talk about. A person with mania is said to be maniac |
| marginal | related to or located at the margin or border , at the lower limit of quality , insignificant The margin is very marginal |
| meander | to ramble or stray from topic, Professor Jones delivered a meandering lecture that touched on several hundred distinct quotes |
| melancholy | gloomy, depressed and weary An heart without music is like beauty without melancholy |
| melee | A confused fight or struggle A melee broke out on football field |
| menagerie | collection of animals In olden times , kings kept royal menageries of exotic animals |
| mire | marshy, mucky ground I love to join tonight, but i am afraid i m mired in a sewing project and cant get away. |
| modulate | to reduce or regulate, to lessen the intensity Please modulate your voice, dear |
| moratorium | a suspension of activity, a period of delay. The two countries a greed to moratorium on the production of new nuclear weapons |
| mores | customary moral standards According to the mores of that country , women who wear revealing clothing are lewd and licentious |
| motif | recurring theme or idea Obsession with self is the motif of our time. |
| motley | extremely varied or diverse, heterogeneous ,multicolored |
| muse | to ponder,to mediate I meant to get some work done but , instead i sat at his desk musing all afternoon and then it was time to go home. |
| muster | to assemble for battle or inspection. Assemble for battle or inspection , If you set goals and go after them with all determination you can muster, your gifts will takes you places and that will amaze you. |
| mystic | otherwordly,mysterious , enigmatic The mystic of xmen my favorite |
| contemporary | living or occurring at the same time. He did not write anything remotely like, let alone as powerful as, his contemporary Thomas Nashe’s haunting “A Litany in Time of Plague |
| devour | eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly. Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour |
| plebeian | a member of the lower social classes |
| profound | (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. but the profound social disruption it brings in its wake |
| coronation | the ceremony of crowning a sovereign or a sovereign's consort. Scottish King James, to delay entering London and to postpone the public festivities planned for his coronation |
| vicious | deliberately cruel or violent. a country in the grip of a vicious plague. Instead, they describe a country in the grip of a vicious ruler |
| romcom | a romantic comedy. |
| Assorted | of various sorts put together; miscellaneou then the lesson of two world wars and the assorted national meltdowns of the past |
| demonology | the study of demons or demonic belief. |
| strident | (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating. |
| complacent | showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements. |
| harangue | a lengthy and aggressive speech |
| torrent | a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid |
| withering | intended to make someone feel humiliated; scornful. |
| prospect | the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring. |
| reckon | establish by calculation desk drawers just happened to contain pandemic-themed thrillers that their agents had reckoned unsaleable two years ago |
| glistening | shining with a sparkling light. but were now positively glistening with commercial allure. |
| wrench | a sudden violent twist or pull Mr Curtis should be encouraged to wrench his hand from the contract |
| proscriptive | (of a law or rule) forbidding or restricting something If this sounds unnecessarily proscriptive, then the lesson of two world wars and the assorted national meltdowns of the past seventy-five years is that fiction is no good in a crisis |
| stealth | cautious and surreptitious action or movement. |
| head-on | with or involving direct confrontation. |
| harness | control and make use of (natural resources), especially to produce energy. |
| privation | a state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking |
| nebulous | vague or indistinct,unclear hazy jakes ideas about career or little nebulous at this point, he wants to have car on his first job ,thats all he has figured out The stage lighting was so poor that you could see only a few nebulous outlines of set. |
| nemesis | unconquerable opponent or rival ;one who seeks just compensation or revenge to right a wrong Nacho flavored tortilla chips are the dieters nemesis, one bite and you dont stop eating till the bag is gone, Besty finally met her nemesis |
| Nirvana | Blissful,painless, worry free state According to Buddhist theology ,you reach nirvana once you purged your soul of hatred, passion an self delusion. Though many though that the band sound was annoying , listening it sent me to the pure state of nirvan |
| Noisome | Offensive or disgusting,stinking When i opened the refrigerator after returning from vacation , such a noisome odor leaped out at me . The noisome brown liquid |
| Neophyte | Beginner ,novice The student librarian was such a neophyte that she re shelved all the books upside down. |
| Obeisance | A bow or curtsy , deep reverence You will have to show obeisance once i am elected queen of the prom |
| Objective | unbiased ,unprejudiced The judge at the automobile show were supposed to make objective decision |
| obeisance | A bow or curtsy, deep reverence When the substitute teacher walked in to the room , the entire class rose to its fee in mocking obeisance to her |
| Objective | unbiased,unprejudiced It is hard for me to be objective about her musical talent , because she is my daughter |
| Obtrusive | interfering , meddlesome , having tendency to butt in. The taste of anchovies would be obtrusive in a birthday cake , it would get the in the way of flavor of cake |
| Obviate | to make unnecessary , to deviate Their move to Florida, obviated the need for winter clothes |
| occult | supernatural , magic, mystical I dont mind having a roomate who belve in occult rituals |
| odious | evil, vile hateful Don won the election by stopping to some of the most odious tricks in the history of politics |
| Odyssey | a long , difficult journey , usually marked by many changes of fortune. |
| Olfactory | pertaining to sense of smell, I have a sensitive olfactory nerve,gustatory is the sense of taste |
| Oligarchy | government only by few few people They have setup a virtual oligarchy , three men are making all the decisions for twenty million |
| ominous | threatening ,menacing,portending,doom The sky looks ominous there are black clouds in the west and i think its going to rain. Mrs lewis voice sounded ominous |
| omniscient | all knowing,having infinite wisdom. When lucy was small child,she thought her parents were omniscient , now that she is teenager she realize they dont know anything at all |
| Opprobrious | damning , extremely critical , disgraceful The principal gave opprobrious lecture about apathy , saying that student uncaring attitude was ruining the school |
| Opprobrium | reproach , disgrace,scorn Penny brought opprobrium on herself by robbing the first national bank ,and spray painting naughty words on its marbles wall |
| osmosis | gradual or subtle absorption In science , osmosis is the diffusion of fluid through a membrane . It is osmosis that controls the flow of liquids in and out of cells.In I learned my job by osmosis , |
| ostrasize | to shun, to shutout, to exclude a person from group That poor old man has been ostrsize by our town for log enoguh I am going to visit hm today |
| oust | eject,to expel, to banish Robie was ousted from the club scouts for forgetting his cub , scout manual,thirty seven times Persident outster by mob |
| overture | opening move , preliminary offer But survey flatly rejected izzys romantic overtures and no new gorilla was born |
| Palatable | pleasant to the taste , agreeable to the feelings. you can drink hot chocolate with lobster but champagne might be more palatable alternative. |
| pallor | paleness, whiteness The pedestrian was concerned with child pallor , but couldnt find no other su=ymptom of illness |
| panegyric | elaborate praise ,eulogy All these panegyrics are embarrassing me ,lied the actress at the dinner in her honour Don has been in advertising for too long he cant say he likes something without esclating into panegyric |
| parable | religious allegory , fable , morality tale The story of hair and tortoise is parable about the importance of persistence effort |
| paragon | A pattern of excellence Irene is such a paragon of virtue that none of her class mates can stand her , they call her goody goody |
| paranoia | mental illness in which the sufferer believes that people are out to get him,unreasonable anxiety. |
| paroxysm | |
| pastoral | rural,rustic,peaceful,calm , like the country, When i am in city , i long for pastoral life ,but the second i get in to the country ,I die of boredom Halcyon is a synonym for pastoral but pastoral has more of country association |
| Pathos | which makes people feel pity or sorrow ,Laura dog gets such a look of pathos ,whenever he wants to go for a walk, hard for laura to turn him down |
| patrimony | an inheritance,especially from father a legacy , If bob keeps spending at this rate , he will have exhausted his entire patrimony by the end of year |
| peregrination | wandering,travelling ,expedition Mthews peregrinations across Europe have given him a vaguely continental accent and a wallet ful of useless currency |
| perpetrator | the one who commited the act Police officers sometimes refers to the perpetrator of a crime simply as the prep |
| perpetuate | to make something perpetual , to keep from perishing The new forestry bill,contained conservation measures intended to help perpetuate the nations timber resources |
| perverse | contrary stubborn Ralph takes a perverse in pleasure in making his garden the ugliest , it pleases him to know that he deeply annoys his neighbours |
| phanstasm | |
| pontificate | To speak pompously or dogmatically when ever my next door neighbour begins pontificating about zoning laws , i quietly tiptoeback inside , I am tired of being lectured by that pompous ass. |
| porous | filled with many tiny holes ,permeable |
| posterity | future generations,descendants,heirs Samantha is saving her diaries for posterity , she hopes her daughter and grand daughter will enjoy one day Richard paints for posterity , no body alive has interest in his paintings |
| posthumous | occuring after ones death, published after death of the author The posthumous publications have great importance if written for posterity |
| posture | to act or speak artificially jesica is always posturing about the plight of farm workers , even though she has never set a foot on a farm in her life |
| prattle | to chatter on and on , to babble childishly Billy jeans prattles ceaselessly about the only things that interest her,makeup shopping , her weight , A baby prattle is utterly adorable |
| precarious | dangerously insecure or unsteady Nothing is more precarious than free solo |
| precocious | unusually mature ,uncommonly gifted The precocious child could tie her shoes five minutes after she was born and tap dance before she was a month old I am proud of his precocious mental genius |
| predispose | to make susceptible , to put in a frame of mind for , to inclined toward the fact that selma grew up in the desert probably predisposed her to working with cactuses |
| premeditated | planned before hand,prearranged, plotted premeditated murder is considered worse than killing someone on the spur Seemingly fortutious rise had actually been carefully premeditated |
| preponderance | superiority is weight , size , number , majority , predominance |
| presage | to portend , to fore shadow , to forecast, to predict Patty sullen look , presig yet another |
| aphorism | It is a brief cleverly worded statement that makes wise observation about life. ight the history of thought be actually driven by aphorism? |
| animadversion | criticism or censure. "her animadversion against science" |
| conjecture | an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information. "conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied" |
| speculative | engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge Heraclitus constitute the first efforts at speculative thinking |
| Discursive | digressing from subject to subject. heir enigmatic pronouncements elude discursive analysis |
| elude | escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way |
| corralled | gather together and confine (a group of people or things). They refuse to be corralled into systematic order |
| rigour | the quality of being extremely thorough and careful. They have no rigour at all – they are just the scattered utterances of clever men They have no rigour at all – they are just the scattered utterances of clever men.They have no rigour at all they are |
| quiver | tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion. enigmatic phrase from his quiver and shoot it off at you |
| stratagem | a plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end. |
| evasion | the action of evading something. For Plato, the Heracliteans’ stratagem of continual evasion is a problem |
| solitary | done or existing alone. thinking is solitary |
| misanthropic | |
| repudiation | rejection of a proposal or idea. Plato’s repudiation of his predecessor’s gnomic style signals an important stage in the development of ancient philosophy |
| oracular | (of an utterance, advice, etc.) hard to interpret; enigmatic. the transition from oracular enunciation to argumentative discourse |
| marginalization | Thus the marginalization of the aphoristic style treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral. |
| perplexity | inability to deal with or understand something. |
| void | not valid or legally binding. if every living thing had leapt into a void |
| transfigure | transform into something more beautiful or elevated. Desolation—whether physical or spiritual—transfigures the senses |
| bereft | deprived of or lacking (something). The COVID-19 pandemic left me feeling especially bereft |
| epoch | a particular period of time in history or a person's life. It was as if the city had instantly entered a new cultural epoch of desolation |
| remnant | a part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed. |
| pestilence | a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. pestilences have a way of recurring in the world |
| mordant | (especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting. |
| meagre | f something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality. have nothing else to do, and dispatching a few meager chapters into the other world is invariably a bit of a distraction from eternity.” |
| elicit | evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone. this fictive job posting will elicit panicked recognition. |
| tenure | a period for which an office is held. |
| wander | walk or move aimlessly |
| blitzed | intoxicated by drink or drugs. |
| blistered | having blisters on the skin or another surface |
| deranged | mad or insane I’d entered a world of deranged cranks saying awful things |
| indispensable | Absolutely necessary YouTube is a million times bigger—an indispensable, life-enhancing tool, and also a source of poisonous neo-medieval yammering |
| radical | (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough Radical simply means grasping things at root |
| incredulous | |
| protracted | |
| retract | |
| surmised | |
| shriek | |
| simper | |
| contortion | |
| Prosaic | having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality Prose is writing stile which is little boring |
| balmy | characterized by pleasantly warm weather Balmy is not garmi |
| solvent | having assets in excess of liabilities; able to pay one's debts When you have lot of money in reserve then you have solutions , so you become solvent |
| Adoration | Deep love and respect When you adore something , you have deep love and respect for that thing. |
| perilous | full of danger and risk "the economy is in a perilous state" veriless secure means its dangerous |
| rudimentary | involving or limited to basic principles "he received a rudimentary education" Early stages of development |
| ameliorate | make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. "the reform did much to ameliorate living standards" ameli has improved her application and increased rate |
| supplant | supersede and replace. domestic production has been supplanted by imports and jobs have been lost" supply from outside has replaced local products |
| unadorned | "it was very simple, its walls unadorned" The language of truth is always unadorned and always simple |
| posh | elegant or stylishly luxurious "a posh hotel" |
| refulgent | shining very brightly refulgent blue eyes ful gem is shining |
| constricted | narrowed, especially by encircling pressure. "people seek an environment where they don't feel constricted" This is similar to constricted |
| exonerate | (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing. I just narated a statement where i free my ex from all faults and wrong doing |
| subservient | prepared to obey others unquestioningly. "she was subservient to her parents" A servant is always subservient to his master |
| vindicate | clear (someone) of blame or suspicion her face indicated se is from blame of sin |
| unerring | Always right Makes no error |
| tractable | (of a person) easy to control or influence Easy to control |
| audacious | showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. showing an impudent lack of respect. An audacious remark |
| maladroit | inefficient or inept; clumsy. both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled Malborolight will make you inept, ineffective and clumsy |
| boisterous | noisy, energetic, and cheerful. "a group of boisterous lads" boys are lively and noisy |
| exegesis | critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture. ex planation ge relegion interpretation |
| relish | Great enjoyment Think big thoughts and relish small pleasures |
| jaundiced | Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul bitterness, resentment, or cynicism. |
| dsipel | make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear. The person disappear with wizard spel |
| puerile | childishly silly and immature. puerile is juvenile |
| haughtiness | the appearance or quality of being arrogantly superior and disdainful People with big height are arrogant. |
| circadian | (of biological processes) recurring naturally on a twenty-four-hour cycle, even in the absence of light fluctuations. internal clock is our circuit of sleep and wakeup |
| litheness | The condition or quality of being lithe; flexibility; limberness. The condition |
| memoir | a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge Greene wrote an introduction to a bookselling friend’s memoir |
| bibliophile | a person who collects or has a great love of books but the author was also a committed bibliophile |
| bewilderment | a feeling of being perplexed and confused. bookshops with an air of sorrow, leavened with a touch of bewilderment |
| epitomize | be a perfect example of comes to epitomise the decline not only of a certain sort of retail |
| anachronistic | belonging to a period other than that being portrayed because of its unworldly and vaguely anachronistic nature |
| patronised | frequent (a shop, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer much-patronised bookshops of central London |
| replenish | fill (something) up again. stock is not just interesting and desirable, but replenished on a virtually daily basis |
| lurking | remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush lurking provocatively in a glass case, can sell for many hundreds of pounds |
| subsequently | Afterwards the officer decided to stop and subsequently made an arrest returned two decades subsequently to celebrate the shop’s 21st birthday |
| preordain | decide or determine (an outcome or course of action) beforehandIt is a shame that so many shops decided, as if it was pre-ordained, that they would shut their doors |
| beset | (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently. man beset by eccentrics and the absurd, and those are just his staff |
| borne | carried or transported by the thing specified. there are always the economic realities of running a shop like his to be borne in mind |
| perennial | lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring. Bad weather, something of a perennial issue in Wigtown, can often lead to next to no trade |
| Anthropology | Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies |
| outright | wholly and completely,immediately or instantly. But now she could say it all plainly, outright. “And always I love you.” |
| manuscript | a book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed. an illuminated manuscript" |
| adolescence | the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult Mary spent her childhood and adolescence in Europe |
| liberating | providing a release from a situation which limits freedom of thought or behaviour The payoff was a liberating and original way of viewing your own society |
| denuded | strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets. |
| kilter | out of harmony or balance if you had always felt somehow out of kilter in your own culture |
| endowment | the action of endowing something or someone, funding, |
| obfuscation | the action of making something obscure, unclear, or unintelligible ‘masculine,’ or both ‘mixed types’ is a lot of obfuscation. |
| catalogue | list (similar situations, qualities, or events) in succession. Gentleness, motherliness, and creativity got catalogued as female |
| obscene | offending against moral principles; repugnant. even our obscenity around the belief that sex and social behavior go together |
| effete | (of a man) weak or effeminate. someone who gets labeled an effete man or a manly woman |
| squandering | waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner a vast squandering of talent and energy |
| purveyor | a person who sells or deals in particular goods Every year seemed to produce another front in the battle against the purveyors of old certainties. |
| rebuke | express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions. much less compose an elegant rebuke to an uncaring world,” he writes. |
| ameliorate | make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. Money, however, and our ability to use it to ameliorate that suffering, is not random |
| writhing | making twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body. Depression will come, as a weight, or as a feeling of life draining away, or as a writhing sort of pain, and you are back in Room 101 |
| smother | kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate. |
| neuralgia | Neuralgia is a stabbing, burning, and often severe pain due to an irritated or damaged nerve. depression is a “positive and active anguish, a form of psychical neuralgia |
| dissent | the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held. In social interaction there is room, by design, for consent and dissent. |
| gridlock | Gridlock is a form of traffic congestion where awkwardness would accumulate and social life would be sent into gridlock |
| tacitly | in a way that is understood or implied without being directly stated. o avoid this, we have, as a society, tacitly agreed to limit self-disclosure |
| artifice | Clever trick,clever or cunning devices or expedients that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past |
| reminisce | indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events. he other day I caught myself reminiscing about high school with a kind of sadness and longing that can only be described as nostalgia |
| imbued | "his works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity" |
| clergyman | a male priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one.a clergyman, his wife, and their daughter – disembarked from a ship at the docks of Boston, Massachusetts. |
| disembark | leave a ship, aircraft, or train. disembarked from a ship at the docks of Boston, Massachusetts |
| Presbyterian | related to relegious belief |
| Evangelicalism | n the United States, evangelicalism is an umbrella group of Protestant Christians who believe in the necessity of being born again, cambridge was home to an alarming nest of evangelicals |
| theological | relating to the study of the nature of God and religious belief. With only two universities it was easier to control theological debate and even to use one of the institutions to oversee the other |
| enact | Law |
| Effacement | make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous. erase (a mark) from a surface. |
| aphorism | a pithy observation which contains a general truth |
| brusque | abrupt or offhand in speech or manner. "she could be brusque and impatient" |
| banter | the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks "there was much good-natured banter" the men bantered with the waitresses" |
| berserk | out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied. "a man went berserk with an arsenal of guns" |
| metastasize | of a cancer) spread to other sites in the body by metastasis.,grow,increase,esclate |
| recede | go or move back or further away from a previous position. retreat, he felt no inclination to recede from the agreement into which he had entered |
| inexorably | in a way that is impossible to stop or prevent. the conflict was to lead inexorably to the outbreak of World War I |
| parlous | full of danger or uncertainty; precarious. the parlous state of the economy |
| semiotic | relating to signs and symbols. the gestures, images, and objects notated in his scripts share a semiotic importance equal to the spoken text |
| careen | move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way. |
| trundle | with reference to a wheeled vehicle or its occupants) move or cause to move slowly and heavily. ten vintage cars trundled past |
| tarry | stay longer than intended; delay leaving a place. pause,take time,wait, she could tarry a bit and not get home until four |
| tirade | a long, angry speech of criticism or acc a tirade of abuse |
| intrepid | fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect) fealess,dauntless our intrepid reporter |
| sangfroid | composure or coolness shown in danger or under trying circumstances |
| fascist | relating to fascism. dictorial,despotic,autocratic,nazi.totalitarian,extreme rightest |
| vainglorious | excessively proud of oneself or one's achievements; overly vain. this vainglorious boast of personal infallibility |
| paramount | more important than anything else; supreme. |
| appose | place (something) side by side with or close to something else the specimen was apposed to X-ray film". |
| enamour | be filled with love for it is not difficult to see why Edward is enamoured of her |
| eremite | eremite is, therefore, literally 'someone who lives alone in the desert |
| inconsolable | of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated. broken heart,his widow, Jane, was inconsolable" |
| rectitude | morally correct behaviour or thinking; righteousness. Mattie is a model of rectitude |
| scruple | a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action. |
| turpitude | depraved or wicked behaviour or character. acts of moral turpitude |
| bleat | (of a sheep, goat, or calf) make a characteristic weak, wavering cry. the lamb was bleating weakly |
| besmirch | damage (someone's reputation). he had besmirched the good name of his family" |
| Constructivism | Constructivism is basically a theory -- based on observation and scientific study -- about how people learn. It says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences |
| Avant-garde | A group that creates or promotes innovative ideas or techniques in a given field, especially in the arts. adj. Of, relating to, or being part of an innovative group |
| conformity | compliance with standards, rules, or laws."conformity to regulations" |
| austerity | sternness or severity of manner or attitude There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind and there is no happiness equal to contentment. |
| relic | n object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest. There is a deep melancholy about these relics of an impossible dream |
| straitened straitened | characterized by poverty.restric in range economically straitened region suffering from emigration and loss of confidence |
| throng | lock or be present in great numbers. If these cinemas and piazzas ever thronged on summer evenings, they no longer do so. |
| stipulation | a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement. Some of these stipulations were put into practice piecemeal but others proved too complicated, costly or disagreeable |
| piecemeal | characterized by unsystematic partial measures taken over a period of time. some of these stipulations were put into practice piecemeal |
| Poised | having a composed and self-assured manner not every day you saw that poised, competent kid distressed" years when mankind seemed poised to take a great leap forward |
| supplant | supersede and replace. a mega-skyscraper intended to symbolically supplant the skyscrapers of capitalist New York |
| pinnacle | the most successful point; the culmination. he pinnacle to this tapering wedding-cake montage of a building would have been a 100-metre statue of Lenin. |
| exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory generally successful balance between theoretical exposition and historical analysis, |
| plunging | falling steeply. plunging an estimated seventy-five passengers and crew members into the river’s freezing depths. No one survived. |
| carnage | the killing of a large number of people. Despite the carnage, however, the wreck is principally known today as the occasion for one of the English language’s clumsiest poetic efforts |
| clumsiest | awkward in movement or in handling things. English language’s clumsiest poetic efforts, |
| conviction | a firmly held belief or opinion written with the impregnable conviction of the talentless |
| paean | a song of praise or triumph. he “Disaster” is a heartfelt paean to the doomed train passengers that |
| buffoonery | behaviour that is ridiculous but amusing. however ironically and unfortunately—better serves as a memorial to the poet’s own buffoonery. |
| epithet | an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. |
| corpus | a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject. |
| caprice | a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour. powers of self-promotion and the caprices of literary history. |
| misbegotten | badly conceived or planned. account for why he lingers as the patron saint of misbegotten verse. |
| annals | a record of events year by year. from the annals of amusing semi-obscurity; |
| apogee | the highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination. The textile business was booming then, though the apogee of the mechanical revolution wasn’t far behind. |
| scathing | witheringly scornful; severely critical. McGonagall’s hapless texts with scathingly ironic commentary |
| raucous | making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise. as often met with raucous crowds who either mockingly encouraged him |
| pelted | hurl missiles repeatedly at. sometimes carrying him aloft into the streets—or pelted him with garbage. |
| barrage | bombard (someone) with questions, criticisms, complaints, etc. Contemporary accounts allege that among the objects he was barraged with were potatoes, footwear, rotten eggs, |
| patronage | he power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges |
| boast | talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities of which he proudly and obliviously boasted until his death |
| Churn | shake (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter. Many of McGonagall’s poems, which he churned out at a reliable clip after his poetic conversion |
| Denouement | The outcome of a situation when something is decided or made clear |
| Plangent | Of a sound koud and resonant, with mournful tone. |
| seminarian | a student in a seminary especially of the Roman Catholic Church. Seminary , school of theology |
| gutted | bitterly disappointed or upset. "I know how gutted the players must feel" |
| chime | be in agreement with. gutted” chimes alliteratively with “gullies” |
| assonate | (of a word or line) have a sound, especially a vowel sound, that corresponds to another. Silent”, there, assonates nicely with “dying” |
| sublimate sublimate | (in psychoanalytic theory) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity. , warnings of the apocalypse are as often as not a sublimated wish). |
| plough | advance or progress laboriously or forcibly,Hal land that has been ploughed. |
| portentous | a sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen. ould be made of Rand and her portentous assertions of Great Meaning |
| solemn | characterized by deep sincerity. witnessing the most solemn moment it would ever be given her to witness |
| oligarchy | a small group of people having control of a country or organization. An oligarchy of Promethean heroes do the hard mental work of inventing stuff and profiting from it |
| bromide | a trite statement that is intended to soothe or placate. This has the polemical energy of a contrarian attack on a lazy bromide |
| contrarian | a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion, especially in stock exchange dealin This has the polemical energy of a contrarian attack on a lazy bromide |
| grandeur | splendour and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style. |
| feeble | lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness. |
| lyricism | an artist's expression of emotion in an imaginative and beautiful way; the quality of being lyrical. |
| gist | the substance or general meaning of a speech or text. s the rare classic that everyone remembers the gist of. There is much less of it to forget. |
| bootlegger | a person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally. |
| divulge | make known (private or sensitive information). But the novel never divulges the source of his wealth |
| racketeering | Racketeering refers to crimes committed at a state or federal level |
| Ponzi scheme | a form of fraud in which belief in the success of a non-existent enterprise is fostered by the payment of quick returns to the first investors from money invested by later investors. |
| severance | The action of ending a connection or relationship. A voluntary severance scheme had been announced in December |
| dilemma | a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable. I dithered about it until the pandemic enforced focus on a fuzzy dilemma |
| dithering | I dithered about it until the pandemic enforced focus on a fuzzy dilemma |
| proponent | a person who advocates a theory, proposal, or course of action. |
| perpetual | never ending or changing. |
| elusive | difficult to find, catch, or achieve. "success will become ever more elusive" cajoling local systems into making major changes and then moving on when transformation proves elusive |
| vindicate | clear (someone) of blame or suspicion. |
| triage | Triage is the process of determining the priority of patients' treatments by the severity of their condition or likelihood of recovery with and without treatment. |
| blare | make or cause to make a loud, harsh sound "the ambulance arrived outside, siren blaring" |
| radical | (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough. |
| newfangled | different from what one is used to; objectionably new. I've no time for such newfangled nonsense |
| permutations | each of several possible ways in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged. |
| erstwhile | former "the erstwhile president of the company |
| preferment | promotion or appointment to a position or office "after ordination, preferment was fast" |
| contemplate | look thoughtfully for a long time at. yet I cannot contemplate their great deeds with less than admiration Temple me sochna |
| contend | struggle to surmount (a difficulty). for the good they did, and the principles they contended for |
| denunciation | public condemnation of someone or something. |
| sift | examine (something) thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important. |
| Above the fray | not directly involved in an angry or difficult struggle or disagreement |
| appalled | greatly dismayed or horrified. Pela par jana |
| hauteur | proud haughtiness of manner. in dogged accord with the magazine’s stance of unrelenting hauteur |
| congenial | (of a thing) pleasant or agreeable because suited to one's taste or inclination. |
| Self-deprecation | modest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so. |
| obituary | a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person. he obituary notices mourned the death of a “great philosopher |
| evangelical | of or according to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion. o feel that it was his duty to engage in evangelical activity despite a deep reluctance to do so |
| agnostic | a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God Moore shed his religious beliefs and pronounced himself a “complete Agnostic” |
| concession | a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands. |
| muddle | bring into a disordered or confusing state |
| verisimilitude | the appearance of being true or real |
| neurotic | unbalanced,unstable |
| anvil | a heavy iron block with a flat top and concave sides, on which metal can be hammered and shaped. |
| ominously | in a way that suggests that something bad is going to happen. That’s an ominously informative moment for a writer |
| surmise | suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it. You can no longer expect the reader to surmise, to infer, to second-guess. |
| formidable | conspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable. And the wits and comics among them are formidable beyond compare |
| epitaph | a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone. |
| hysterically | with wildly uncontrolled emotion. hysterically enough, and these have a tendency to give out, along with their hearts and, it has to be said, their dicks. This is funny only in male |
| absurdity | the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable. For some reason, women do not find their own physical decay and absurdity to be so riotously amusing |
| indignantly | in a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair. |
| solemnity | the state or quality of being serious and dignified. it also imbues them with the kind of seriousness and solemnity at which men can only goggle. |
| palimpsest | something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. |
| fervent | having or displaying a passionate intensity. |
| persecute | subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs. Its adherents seek to persecute those who disagree with them |
| realms | |
| sentient | able to perceive or feel things.Conscious Aware "she had been instructed from birth in the equality of all sentient life forms" |
| plummeted | fall or drop straight down at high speed. "a climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully" |
| ingratiate | bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them. "a sycophantic attempt to ingratiate herself with the local aristocracy" |
| renegade | a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles. "an agent who later turns out to be a renegade" |
| consummate | showing great skill and flair. "she dressed with consummate elegance" |
| futility | pointlessness or uselessness. "the horror and futility of war" |
| torment | Torment , rack , torture suggest causing great physical or mental pain, suffering, or harassment. To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. |
| menace | a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger "a new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs" |
| infiltrate | enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information. "the organization has been infiltrated by informers" |
| archetypal | very typical of a certain kind of person or thing. "the archetypal country doctor" |
| defiance | open resistance; bold disobedience. "a brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery" |
| foil | prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding "their rivals were foiled by the weather" |
| prescient | having or showing knowledge of events before they take place. "a prescient warning |
| mediocrity | the quality or state of being mediocre. "the team suddenly came good after years of mediocrity" |
| upended | set or turned on its end or upside down. Efforts are upended by one notification,upended my life |
| recluse | a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people. "she has turned into a virtual recluse" |
| indelible | (of ink or a pen) making marks that cannot be removed. "an indelible marker pen" |
| manifestation | the action or fact of showing something.,display,demonstration |
| dreadful | causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious Jacques Monod arrived in Paris to some dreadful news Jacques Monod arrived in Paris to some dreadful news. |
| rendezvous | a meeting at an agreed time and place. Monod was pretty sure that at least one of those arrested knew about the rendezvous he was planning to have that day. |
| Buckle | bend and give way under pressure or strain Since no one could predict who might buckle under the Gestapo’s pressure and give away names |
| Lured | tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward A few months earlier, after his superior in the Resistance had been lured into a trap |
| suburb | an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one moved his Jewish wife and young sons to the suburbs, |
| realm | kingdom He would deploy the idea beyond the realm of science, using it to powerful political and philosophical ends. |
| propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. Lysenko learned a valuable lesson in propaganda. |
| heredity | Biological Inheritence could be shaped in any desirable way, unconstrained by heredity, fit with Marxist theory. |
| apologetics | is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Monod’s turn came the following day, and he was having none of Prenant’s apologetics. |
| Prenant’s | attractive, inviting, enticing, pleasant |
| coarsening | make or become vulgar or unpleasant. He granted that politics is coarsening, which makes for a tension between art and social protest. |
| perils | serious and immediate danger. When we speak of disruption, we are usually thinking about the perils of continuity |
| inextricable | impossible to disentangle or separate. products that you remember treating as seemingly permanent, inextricable fixtures of your everyday life, |
| Disruption | disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process. Disruption tells a story that explains how things that seem as if they will last forever nevertheless come to be short-lived. |
| nevertheless | but,however |
| entails | involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence hat messing with it in any meaningful sense entails spending a lot of time studying it |
| infomercials | an advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style. |
| ossify | turn into bone or bony tissue. re swept away, all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify |
| coin | invent a new word coined the phrase “creative destruction” |
| affirmative | agreeing with or consenting to a statement or request. |
| untrammelled | not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered. that is, of a more untrammelled expression of market forces |
| grossly | in a very obvious and unacceptable manner; flagrantly. |
| convulse | suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs. hrow (a country) into violent social or political upheaval. |
| endeavour | try hard to do or achieve something an attempt to achieve a goal. "an endeavour to reduce serious injury" |
| squabble | a noisy quarrel about something trivial "the boys were squabbling over a ball" |
| epistemic | relating to knowledge or to the degree of its validation. ’m not the first person to wonder whether deathbed regrets are epistemically privileged |
| platitude | a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. |
| anecdata | information or evidence that is based on personal experience or observation rather than systematic research or analysis. Ware’s The Top Five Regrets of the Dying (2012) gives us ‘anecdata’, not carefully collected evidence |
| contemplation | the action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time contemplation of death can give us a route to authenticity |
| minutiae | the small, precise, or trivial details of something. he dying person, no longer distracted by these minutiae, might be in a better position to hear that authentic voice |
| telic | (of an action or attitude) directed or tending to a definite end. t each life stage, we face a different mix of telic and atelic activities |
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