1.
Laborious, adjective: characterized by effort to
the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
The most laborious job I’ve had was working
20 hours a day as a fisherman in King Salmon, Alaska.
2.
Beatification, noun: the action of rendering
supremely blessed and extremely happy; a state of supreme happiness
Often we imagine all monks to wear the
beatific smile of the Buddha, but, like any of us, a monk can have a bad day
and not look very happy.
3.
Stymie, verb: hinder or prevent the progress or
accomplishment of
The engineers found their plans stymied at
every turn and were ultimately able to make almost no progress on the project.
4.
Morph, verb: to undergo dramatic change in a
seamless and barely noticeable fashion
The earnestness of the daytime talk shows
of the 1970’s has morphed into something far more sensational and vulgar: today
guests actually stand up and threaten to take swings at one another.
5.
Aphoristic, adjective: something that is concise
and instructive of a general truth or principle
Sometimes I can’t stand Nathan because he
tries to impress everyone by being aphoristic, but he just states the obvious.
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