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the great and the small

root: animus  +   anima
      (mind)     (life principle, soul, spirit)

• animal

• animate

• inanimate

• animated

• animation

• magnanimous: great, noble minds or souls that they are beyond seeking petty revenge.

  • magnanimity (noun)

• pusillanimous: contemptibly petty and mean

  • pusillanimity (noun)

  • unanimous: of one mind

    • unanimity (noun)

  • equanimity: etymologically, "equal (or balance) mind". (evenness or calmness of mind)

  • animus: hostility, ill will, malevolence

  • animosity: ill will, hostility. (exact synonym of animus, and a more common word)

turning

• versatile:

  root: verto, versus (to turn)

  • versatility (noun)

zero and the front porch

greek root: stoa

• stoical: bear their pain or sorrow without complaint

  • stoicism

fear and trembling

• intrepid: exhibit courage and fearlessness

  • intrepidity or intrepidness (noun)

• trepidation: great fear, trembling, or alarm

  latin root: trepido (to tremble)

quick flash

• scintillate(v): sparkle with charm and wit, flashes brightly with humor

  • scintillation (noun)

    latin root: scintilla (a quick, bright spark)

In English: scintilla may also mean a spark, but more commonly refers to a very small particle (which, in a sense, a spark is).

city and country

• urbane: these people are gracious, affable, cultivated, suave, tactful

  • urbanity (noun)

    latin root: urbs (city)

• urban: cities

• suburbs: near the city

  • suburbs are residential sections, or small communities, close to a large city

  • suburbia: may designated suburbs as a group

  • suburban residents or suburbanites: a group, or the typical manners, mode of living, customs, etc.

• interurbs: between cities

  an interurban bus travels between cities.

• intraurbs: within a city

  an intraurban bus travels within a single city.

• exurbs: out of the city

  an exurb lies well beyond, way outside, a large city, and generally refers to a region inhabited by well-to-do families.

  • plural noun: <>

  • adjective: <>

  • resident: <>

  • as a group, manners, customs, etc.

latin root: rus, ruris (country; farmland, field)

• rural: country or farm regions, agriculture, etc

• rustic (adj, n): describe furniture or furnishings suitable to a farmhouse.

  when applied to person, is an antonym of urbane - unsophisticated, boring, lacking in social graces, uncultured.

  • rusticity (noun)

Note: urbane and rustic, when applied to people, are emotionally charged words. Urbane is complimentary, rustic is derogatory.

• rusticate: to spend time in the country, away from the turmoil and tension of big city life. -> rustication (noun)

• pejorative: a word used with a derogatory connotation (bitch, piggish, glutton, idiot, etc).

  • also (adj)

    eg: she spoke in pejorative terms about her ex-husband.

  latin root: pejor (worse)

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Helping Words

• fortitude (n) : courage in pain or adversity (a difficult or unpleasant situation).

• unflinching (adj): not showing fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty.

• expound(ing) (v): (व्याख्या करना) present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail.

• pique(s): a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight pride.

• tremble: (be in a) state of extreme apprehension

• contempt: the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law and its officers disregard for something that should be considered.

• apprehension:

  1. anxiety

  2. understanding, grasp

  3. arrest

  eg

  • he felt sick with apprehension

  • his first apprehension of such large issues

  • they acted with intent to prevent lawful apprehension

• sparkle:

  1. shine brightly with flashes of light

  2. be vivacious and witty

• plausible: (मुमकिन) seeming reasonable or probable

• concur (v):

  1. be of the same opinion; agree

  2. happen or occur at the same time