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
