You didn't expect to cry —
but the tears came anyway.
CATHARSIS /kəˈθɑːsɪs/
= emotional release through art or experience
Greek: katharsis — purification
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Rain blurred the window, but her mind slipped into a quiet reverie —
a sunlit beach, her old room, her grandmother's smile.
REVERIE /ˈrevəri/ = a state of being lost in thought; a daydream
French: rêver — "to dream"
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Across the chessboard sat her nemesis —
the one opponent she could never defeat.
NEMESIS /ˈneməsɪs/
= a long-standing rival; an inescapable agent of retribution
Greek: Nemesis — the goddess of divine retribution
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This feeling has a name in English.
MELANCHOLY /ˈmelənkəli/
= a deep, persistent sadness
Greek: melas (black) + khole (bile)
Ancient doctors blamed black bile for this feeling.
Same root: melanin, melanoma
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You didn't expect to feel it. Not like this.
POIGNANT /ˈpɔɪnjənt/
= evoking a sharp, unexpected sadness
Latin: pungere — 'to sting, to pierce'
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Some things were never meant to be decoded.
ENIGMA /ɪˈnɪɡmə/
= something mysterious, impossible to understand
Greek: ainigma — 'a dark saying'
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No one could decode this inscription.
That's what made it an enigma.
ENIGMA /ɪˈnɪɡmə/
= something mysterious, impossible to understand
Greek: ainigma — 'a dark saying'
Some things were never meant to be decoded.
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You didn't expect to cry.
That's what made it catharsis.
CATHARSIS = emotional cleansing
Greek: katharsis (purification)
Aristotle said tragedy exists to give us this.
A story does what life sometimes can't.
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Sadness lingers.
Euphoria visits and leaves.
EUPHORIA = bearing well
Greek: eu (good) + pherein (to bear)
Same root: euphemism, Eugene — both from "eu" (good).
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Joy needs a witness.
Melancholy is its own audience.
MELANCHOLY = pensive sadness
Greek: melas (black) + khole (bile)
Ancient doctors called it a disease.
We call it a rainy night with old photos.
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Some answers are silent.
Others are ambiguous on purpose.
AMBIGUOUS = driving both ways
Latin: ambi (both) + agere (drive)
Same root: ambivalent, ambidextrous, ambition.
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Some thoughts float.
Others go to the bottom.
Profound ones stay there.
PROFOUND = going to the bottom
Latin: pro (forward) + fundus (bottom)
Same root: founder, fundamental, fund.
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The carriage worked for 5,000 years.
A few years made it obsolete.
That's a paradigm shift.
PARADIGM /ˈpærədaɪm/
Greek: para (beside) + deiknynai (show)
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That's not a wrong turn. That's serendipity.
SERENDIPITY /ˌserənˈdɪpəti/
— the lucky discovery of something good by chance
— coined in 1754, from "Serendip" (old name of Sri Lanka)
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She'll outgrow this hug. The petals will fall.
That's not loss — that's love.
EPHEMERAL /ɪˈfemərəl/
— lasting only a day
— from Greek epi (upon) + hēmera (day)
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The same garden. The same touch. Different seasons.
PERENNIAL /pəˈreniəl/
— lasting through the years
— from Latin per (through) + annus (year)
Every perennial word is one you'll meet again and again.
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He lost the case — and her vindictive smile said she never wanted justice, just this.
vindictive /vɪnˈdɪktɪv/
Latin: vindicta = vengeance
→ vindicare (to claim, to avenge)
Same root gave us vindicate, revenge, and avenge.
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