Word: Cockiness
- Parts of Speech: Noun
- Meaning: Offensive boldness and assertiveness.
- Example: My mother, meanwhile, knew plenty, too. All my life, she saw it as part of her mission to keep my cockiness in check (The Last Lecture).
Word: Precocious
- Parts of Speech: Adjective
- Meaning: They are precocious, meaning they are way beyond their years in skills and knowledge; describing young people who have some adult-like qualities about them; early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude.
- Example: She describes me as “alert, but not terribly precocious” (The Last Lecture).
Word: Relish
- Parts of Speech: Noun/Verb
- Meaning: To enjoy something immensely; spicy or savory condiment.
- Example: After I got my PhD, my mother took great relish in introducing me by saying: “This is my son. He’s a doctor” (The Last Lecture).
Word: Underwrite
- Parts of Speech: Verb
- Meaning: Protect by Insurance; cover; insure; guarantee financial support.
- Example: Together, they underwrote a fifty-student dormitory in rural Thailand (The Last Lecture).
Word: Grandest
- Parts of Speech: Adjective
- Meaning: Large and Impressive in physical size or extent; behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; rich and superior in quality.
- Example: He was more focussed on the grandest ideals and saw inequality as the greatest of goals (The Last Lecture).
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