Medium Flashcards
bearable
able to be endured.
If an unpleasant situation is bearable, you can accept or deal with it:
a ceiling fan made the heat bearable
“Don’t let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole… Stick with the situation at hand, and ask, “Why is this so unbearable? Why can’t I endure it?” You’ll be embarrassed to answer.”
prevail
prove more powerful than opposing forces; be victorious.
it is hard for logic to prevail over emotion
subtract
to take a number or amount away from another number or amount
Good life is more about subtracting than adding.
morbidly
Either that or they dwell on them in unhelpful ways, such as morbidly ruminating about the past or worrying about the future.
chorobliwie
in a way that shows too much interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death:
You don’t want to spend your life morbidly thinking about your old age and death.
The TV audience were morbidly delighted to find there were people worse off than they were.
harness
a piece of equipment with straps and belts, used to control or hold in place a person, animal, or object:
a safety harness
a baby harness
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intrinsic
belonging to or part of the real nature of something/somebody
Leisure reading (that not required by school) was a good indicator of the level of intrinsic interest in reading in a particular language.