Tuesdays with Morrie Vocabulary List

revel

To take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

insatiable

(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

nostalgia

(n.) a longing for something past; homesickness

agnostic

(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith, skeptical

transcend

(v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed

solidarity

A Christian virtue of charity and friendship whereby members of the human family share material and spiritual goods

rational

A client, who is occasionally confused, states that the medication is the wrong color when the nurse hands it to the client. What action should the nurse take

lavaliere

A small microphone worn about the neck and resting on the chest

imminent

About to occur

intrusive

Causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited.

biopsy

Diagnostic examination of a piece of tissue from the living body

egotistical

Excessively self-absorbed; very conceited

radical

Favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms.

alienation

Feeling isolated and separated from everyone else

insidious

Harmful

lamented

Mourned

exertion

Physical or mental effort

aphorisms

Short statements of truth

ambivalence

The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

perish

To die or be destroyed

antidote

a cure for a disease or poison

demise

a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

gazelle

a small animal that is a kind of antelope and that is very graceful and fast

cynical

believing that people act only out of selfish motives

exploited

developed or profited from

communal

held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune

humility

humbleness

indecipherable

illegible

deficient

lacking an essential quality; inadequate in amount or degree

opiate

narcotic; causing sleep or relief

condemned

officially and strongly disapproved

teeming

overfilled; crowded; pouring out

stout

plump; stocky; substantial

lilting

rhythmic swing or cadence

oblivion

state of being forgotten

deferments

the action or fact of putting something off to a later date/time

clamoring

to demand something noisily or desperately

inclination

to go upward

levitate

to rise or cause to rise and float in the air

laurels

values/ accomplishments

atrophied

wasted; withered; shriveled