Vocab Enrichment #2
(1) 1. Equanimity
2. Inward (book)
3. "Too many confuse pleasure with happiness when happiness is really equanimity, peace and the serenity that comes when one is not wanting."
4. Def: Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation. noun
5. Although the woman was dealing with her break-up she found equanimity within herself.
(2) 1. Stagnate
2. Inward (book)
3. "We have a harder time releasing the habits that cause misery when we are surrounded by the psychological walls we have constructed, causing us to stagnate and fall into a rhythm where we are always running within a space that is slowly growing smaller."
4. Def: to stay the same and not grow or develop. verb
5. Never let your stress overcome you, you will start a stagnate stage and won't thrive.
(3) 1. Ephemeral
2. Inward (book)
3. "heaviness comes from hanging on tightly to emotions that were always meant to be ephemeral."
4. Def: lasting for a very short time. adjective
5. The meeting meant to be ephemeral but it's longer than expected.
(4) 1. Enormity
2. Adidas article
3. "Everything you aspire to experience in nature is there in its absolute maximum enormity."
4. Def: the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong. noun
5. The enormity of the stage bought tears in the audience's eyes.
(5) 1. Feasible
2. Adidas article
3."It needs to be feasible and slightly more ambitious than what the team can actually achieve"
4. Def: possible to do easily or conveniently. adjective
5. The team used new technology to make the game feasible.
(6) 1. Pummelling
2. KRON 4
3. "More than 12,000 people across the Bay Area are without power Tuesday due to a major storm pummelling the area with heavy rain and gusty winds."
4. Def: strike repeatedly with the fists. verb
5. The violent fight pummelled upon many people.
(7) 1. Perpetuate
2. Adidas article
3. "Worse, sending them to the dump only perpetuates an unsustainable consumption cycle."
4. Def: make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely. verb
5. The man perpetuates on the argument but nobody is listening to him.
(8) 1. Unfurled
2. Crazy Rich Girlfriend book
3."Unfurled before him was an image so remarkably rendered, it immediately reminded him of a set of hanging scroll paintings long thought to be destroyed."
4. Def: make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind. verb
5. Mark's anger unfurled in front of the business meeting.
(9) 1. Chastised
2. Crazy Rich Girlfriend book
3.“Oh,” Valerie replied, feeling a little chastised."
4. Def: rebuke or reprimand severely. verb
5. The mother chastised as she watched the women in her house with her husband.
(10) 1. Vying
2. Crazy Rich Girlfriend
3."vying for the most visible seats at the auction of the century, while the back of the room was packed to the rafters with the international press and onlookers."
4. Def: compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something. verb
5. The group vying to find the big jackpot of money.
2. Inward (book)
3. "Too many confuse pleasure with happiness when happiness is really equanimity, peace and the serenity that comes when one is not wanting."
4. Def: Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation. noun
5. Although the woman was dealing with her break-up she found equanimity within herself.
(2) 1. Stagnate
2. Inward (book)
3. "We have a harder time releasing the habits that cause misery when we are surrounded by the psychological walls we have constructed, causing us to stagnate and fall into a rhythm where we are always running within a space that is slowly growing smaller."
4. Def: to stay the same and not grow or develop. verb
5. Never let your stress overcome you, you will start a stagnate stage and won't thrive.
(3) 1. Ephemeral
2. Inward (book)
3. "heaviness comes from hanging on tightly to emotions that were always meant to be ephemeral."
4. Def: lasting for a very short time. adjective
5. The meeting meant to be ephemeral but it's longer than expected.
(4) 1. Enormity
2. Adidas article
3. "Everything you aspire to experience in nature is there in its absolute maximum enormity."
4. Def: the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong. noun
5. The enormity of the stage bought tears in the audience's eyes.
(5) 1. Feasible
2. Adidas article
3."It needs to be feasible and slightly more ambitious than what the team can actually achieve"
4. Def: possible to do easily or conveniently. adjective
5. The team used new technology to make the game feasible.
(6) 1. Pummelling
2. KRON 4
3. "More than 12,000 people across the Bay Area are without power Tuesday due to a major storm pummelling the area with heavy rain and gusty winds."
4. Def: strike repeatedly with the fists. verb
5. The violent fight pummelled upon many people.
(7) 1. Perpetuate
2. Adidas article
3. "Worse, sending them to the dump only perpetuates an unsustainable consumption cycle."
4. Def: make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely. verb
5. The man perpetuates on the argument but nobody is listening to him.
(8) 1. Unfurled
2. Crazy Rich Girlfriend book
3."Unfurled before him was an image so remarkably rendered, it immediately reminded him of a set of hanging scroll paintings long thought to be destroyed."
4. Def: make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind. verb
5. Mark's anger unfurled in front of the business meeting.
(9) 1. Chastised
2. Crazy Rich Girlfriend book
3.“Oh,” Valerie replied, feeling a little chastised."
4. Def: rebuke or reprimand severely. verb
5. The mother chastised as she watched the women in her house with her husband.
(10) 1. Vying
2. Crazy Rich Girlfriend
3."vying for the most visible seats at the auction of the century, while the back of the room was packed to the rafters with the international press and onlookers."
4. Def: compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something. verb
5. The group vying to find the big jackpot of money.
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