Unit 1: Novel Study: When Breath Becomes Air, Part II–Epilogue

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  1. pastoral
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  2. epiphany
    a usually sudden insight, perception, or understanding of something
  3. debilitate
    make weak
  4. existential
    relating to or dealing with the state of being
  5. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  6. capitulation
    the act of surrendering, usually under agreed conditions
  7. prognosticate
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
  8. infuse
    fill, as with a certain quality
  9. formidable
    inspiring fear or dread
  10. compress
    make more compact by or as if by pressing
  11. impel
    urge or force to an action; constrain or motivate
  12. prognosis
    a prediction of the course of a disease
  13. adamant
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  14. remnant
    a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
  15. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  16. malaise
    a feeling of mild sickness or depression
  17. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  18. scry
    divine the future, especially by gazing into a crystal ball
  19. magisterial
    of or relating to a civil officer who administers the law
  20. dynamism
    the activeness of an energetic personality
  21. languor
    a relaxed comfortable feeling
  22. sate
    fill to contentment
  23. aglow
    softly bright or radiant
  24. wane
    become smaller
  25. unremitting
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  26. infiltration
    the slow passage of a liquid through a medium
  27. acuity
    a quick and penetrating intelligence
  28. ameliorate
    make better
  29. ensconce
    fix firmly
Created on Mon Dec 14 16:25:38 EST 2020 (updated Tue Dec 22 11:35:06 EST 2020)

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