#5 What Makes a Good Life?

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1. hindsight

The ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened.

It is easy to criticize others when you have the benefit of hindsight.

2. downright

Extremely or very great (especially of something bad).

Completely or thoroughly.

Some of these statements are misleading and some downright mendacious.

3. exceedingly

To a very great degree

Explicit presidential discourse on policy issues was exceedingly rare.

4. persistence

The fact that someone or something persists.

Many theoretical and empirical papers provide support for the inclusion of some unemployment persistence in a macroeconomic model.

5. sophomore

A student studying in the second year of a course at a US college or high school.

Of the students enrolled in introductory classes, 21.5% were freshmen, 23.9% were sophomores, 31.5% were juniors, and 23.1% were seniors.

6. tenements

A large building divided into apartments, usually in a poor area of a city.

Barred by landlords from the mainstream urban rental market, they lived in wretched tenements.

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7. schizophrenia

A serious mental illness in which someone cannot understand what is real and what is imaginary.

They have suggested possible clinical connection with labile behavior in schizophrenia and disordered motor activity in Parkinsonian patients.

8. never in someone's wildest dreams

Used to say that something is better than anything someone could imagine or hope for.

Never in my wildest dreams had I ever thought I would even go to Hollywood, let alone work with people like Robert Downey Jr.

9. in the midst of 

In the middle of an event, situation, or activity.

She alone remained calm in the midst of all the confusion.

10. affection

A feeling of liking for a person or place.

Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love.

11. the slings and arrows (of something)

Unpleasant things that happen to you and that are not your fault.

This expression comes from the line "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune", in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", where Hamlet is considering whether or not to kill himself.

We've all suffered the slings and arrows of day-to-day living.

12. bicker (with somebody over/about something)

To argue about things that are trivial.

It is sad to see a county confine its activities to undignified public bickering.

13. be (as) old as the hills

To be very old.

Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills.

14. glamorous

Attractive in an exciting and special way.

My job is not a very glamorous one but it does have its moments.

15. fare

To go; Turn out; Happen; To experience good or bad fortune, treatment (used impersonally).

He fared well in his profession.

16. stale

No longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long.

Not fresh and new; Boring because too familiar.

Used to describe someone who has lost interest in what they are doing because of being bored or working too hard.

A foul smell of stale beer permeated the whole building.

17. feud

An argument that has existed for a long time between two people or groups, causing a lot of anger or violence.

Seditious words cases cannot all be regarded as drunken indiscretions or developments of private feuds, with witnesses exaggerating or fabricating evidence.

18. (hold/bear a) grudge (against somebody)

A strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly, especially one that lasts for a long time.

He's been harboring a grudge against her ever since his promotion was refused.

19. call to account

To confront or question one about one's wrongdoings.

To blame one for something.

I was the lead salesperson, so I knew that I would be called to account when my team lost that big client.

One special usage: Age by decade

A term designating someone's age by decade.

For example, a septuagenarian refers to someone in his or her seventies (age 70 to 79).

The prefix in such terms is always from the Latin.

For example, the Latin septuageni = seventy.

Denarian: Someone whose age is 10 to 19.

Vicenarian: Someone whose age is 20 to 29.

Tricenarian: Someone whose age is 30 to 39.

Quadragenarian: Someone whose age is 40 to 49.

Quinquagenarian: Someone whose age is 50 to 59.

Sexagenarian: Someone whose age is 60 to 69.

Septuagenarian: Someone whose ages is 70 to 79.

Octogenarian: Someone whose age is 80 to 89.

Nonagenarian: Someone whose age is 90 to 99.

Centenarian: Someone whose age is 100 or more.

Supercentenarian: Someone whose age is 110 or more (no upper limit).

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