Week 03

YOLO

YOLO is an acronym for "you only live once". Similar to Latin "carpe diem" ("seize the day"), it implies that one should enjoy life, even if that entails taking risks, as if there would not be another chance for it. The phrase and acronym are both used in youth culture and music, and were both popularized by the 2011 song "The Motto" by rapper Drake.

tremulous

adjective

1.(of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.

2.timid; timorous; fearful.

3.(of things) vibratory, shaking, or quivering.

4.(of writing) done with a trembling hand.

repudiate

verb (used with object)

repudiated, repudiating.

1.to reject as having no authority or binding force:
to repudiate a claim.

2.to cast off or disown:
to repudiate a son.

3.to reject with disapproval or condemnation:
to repudiate a new doctrine.

4.to reject with denial:
to repudiate a charge as untrue.

5.to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.

cessation

noun

1.a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance:

a cessation of hostilities.

bristle

noun

1.one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.

2.anything resembling these hairs.

verb (used without object)

bristled, bristling.

3.to stand or rise stiffly, like bristles.

4.to erect the bristles, as an irritated animal (often followed by up):
The hog bristled up.

5.to become rigid with anger or irritation:
The man bristled when I asked him to move.

6.to be thickly set or filled with something suggestive of bristles:
The plain bristled with bayonets. The project bristled with difficulties.

7.to be visibly roused or stirred (usually followed by up).

verb (used with object) 

bristled, bristling.

8.to erect like bristles:The rooster bristled his crest.

9.to furnish with a bristle or bristles.

10.to make bristly.

euphemism

noun

1.the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.

2.the expression so substituted: “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”.

mundane

adjective

1.common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.

2.of or relating to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly:mundane affairs.

3.of or relating to the world, universe, or earth.

incongruous

adjective

1.out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming:

an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.

2.not harmonious in character; inconsonant; lacking harmony of parts:an incongruous mixture of architectural styles.

3.inconsistent:actions that were incongruous with their professed principles.

condolence

noun

1.Often, condolences. expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief.

stipulate

verb (used without object), stipulated, stipulating.

1.to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).

verb (used with object), stipulated, stipulating.

2.to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement:

to stipulate a price.

3.to require as an essential condition in making an agreement:
Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.

4.to promise, in making an agreement.

5.Law. to accept (a proposition) without requiring that it be established by proof:to stipulate the existence of certain facts or that an expert witness is qualified.

loathe

verb (used with object)

loathed, loathing.

1.to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.

reprimand

noun

1.a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.

verb (used with object)

2.to reprove or rebuke severely, especially in a formal way.

lackluster

adjective

1.lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes

2.lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm: a lackluster performance.

noun

3.a lack of brilliance or vitality.

British: lacklustre

caustic

adjective

1.

capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.

2.

severely critical or sarcastic:

a caustic remark.

noun

3.

a caustic substance.

4.

Optics: 

caustic curve, 

caustic surface.

wrest

verb (used with object)

1.to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.

2.to take away by force:to wrest a knife from a child.

3.to get by effort:to wrest a living from the soil.

4.to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench.

noun

5.a wresting; twist or wrench.

6.a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened.

infamous

adjective

1.having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.

2.deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable:an infamous deed.

3.Law:
deprived of certain rights as a citizen, as a consequence of conviction of certain offenses.
of or relating to offenses involving such deprivation.

jostle

verb (used with object)jostled, jostling.

1.to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.

2.to drive or force by, or as if by, pushing or shoving:
The crowd jostled him into the subway.

3.to exist in close contact or proximity with:
The three families jostle each other in the small house.

4.to contend with:rival gangs continually jostling each other.

5.to unsettle; disturb:The thought jostled her complacency.

6.Slang. to pick the pocket of.

verb (used without object)

jostled, jostling.

7.to bump or brush against someone or something, as in passing or in a crowd; push or shove (often followed by with, for, or against):
He jostled for position.

8.to exist in close contact or proximity with someone or something.

9.to compete; contend.

10.Slang. to pick pockets.

noun

11.a shock, push, bump, or brush against someone or something.