Post by Mr. Wells on Dec 11, 2007 22:07:29 GMT -5
1. rapt - adj. - wholly absorbed "He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
2. hedonism - n. - a way of life based on or suggesting that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life "I succumbed to hedonism." - Simon Le Bon
3. behoove - v. - to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for "It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can be no stable peace in the Middle East." - King Hussein I
4. cantankerous - adj. - difficult or irritating to deal with "Being around people with whom you feel a connection, on many levels, not just a professional one, is very relaxing. Your ears are more open to someone who is not a cantankerous bastard." - Jacqueline Bisset
5. commiserate - v. - To feel or express sympathy or compassion for. "Even on his death bed, he had reached out to his extended family of friends by phone to joke and commiserate with them about their various probl"ems, as if death weren't looking over his shoulder the whole time.
"Friendships Make the End of Life Bearable", The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug 21, 2001.
2. hedonism - n. - a way of life based on or suggesting that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life "I succumbed to hedonism." - Simon Le Bon
3. behoove - v. - to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for "It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can be no stable peace in the Middle East." - King Hussein I
4. cantankerous - adj. - difficult or irritating to deal with "Being around people with whom you feel a connection, on many levels, not just a professional one, is very relaxing. Your ears are more open to someone who is not a cantankerous bastard." - Jacqueline Bisset
5. commiserate - v. - To feel or express sympathy or compassion for. "Even on his death bed, he had reached out to his extended family of friends by phone to joke and commiserate with them about their various probl"ems, as if death weren't looking over his shoulder the whole time.
"Friendships Make the End of Life Bearable", The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug 21, 2001.