Challenging Vocabulary Words

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Therapeutic

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Relating to the healing of disease or disorders, especially through psychological methods. Sample Sentence: The therapeutic counselor helped her client work through his anxiety using mindfulness techniques.

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Anticipatory grief

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The grief experienced in advance of an impending loss, such as the death of a loved one. Sample Sentence: She experienced anticipatory grief as she cared for her terminally ill father.

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Emeritus

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Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement. Sample Sentence: Professor Smith, now emeritus, continues to give lectures occasionally.

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Hedonistic

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Pursuing pleasure and self-indulgence as a way of life. Sample Sentence: His hedonistic lifestyle led him to prioritize parties over work.

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Fatalistic

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Believing that all events are predetermined and inevitable. Sample Sentence: After losing his job, he became fatalistic, believing that nothing he did could change his situation.

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Nostalgic

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A sentimental longing for the past. Sample Sentence: She felt nostalgic as she looked through old photo albums from her childhood.

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Relativity

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A theory in physics developed by Einstein, dealing with the relationship between space and time. Sample Sentence: Einstein’s theory of relativity revolutionized our understanding of the universe.

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Spacetime

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A four-dimensional continuum combining the three dimensions of space with the dimension of time. Sample Sentence: According to relativity, spacetime is curved by the presence of mass and energy.

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Continuum

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A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different. Sample Sentence: The colors of the rainbow form a continuum from red to violet.

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Metaphorical

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Relating to or using metaphors; symbolic rather than literal. Sample Sentence: The poet used metaphorical language to describe the passage of time as a flowing river.