Word: Pragmatism
- Parts of Speech: Noun
- Meaning: The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth.
- Example: Maybe it symbolized the balance in my life between aspiration and pragmatism.
- When you practice pragmatism, you accept conditions as they are and make practical decisions. Your head is not in the clouds.
Word: Acclimate
- Parts of Speech: Verb
- Meaning: Get used to a specific climate.
- Example: It turns out that NASA has a plane it uses to help astronauts acclimate to zero gravity.
- When you acclimate yourself to a situation, you become used to it.
Word: Periscope
- Parts of Speech: Noun
- Meaning: A periscope is a tool to see things that would otherwise be hidden or obstructed.
- Example: I drew a periscope rising above the bedspread in search of enemy ships.
Word: Inevitable
- Parts of Speech: Adjective/Noun
- Meaning: An avoidable event, Invariably occurring or appearing.
- Example: Then came the inevitable eye-roll.
- If something is inevitable, it will definitely happen.
Word: Lurk
- Parts of Speech: Verb
- Meaning: Wait in hiding to attack, Lie in ambush. To lurk is to creep around, hideout, and wait to attack.
- Example: I painted a submarine lurking in a body of water behind the bunk bed.
- It’s hard for us to imagine a world so unsafe, with dangers lurking in every unseen and unplanned corner.
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