Vocabulary Week 1

1. intrepid –adjective
resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.


When the word fearless came to my mind i instantly thought of jet li's movie, as it was one of the best movies i've seen in a long time.
2. trepidation –noun
tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation



Same with fearless, the word alarm made me simply think about a fire alarm or a firetruck since it grabs the attention of a lot of people
3. despondent –adjective
feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.

I thought about depression when the word despondent described hoplessness


4. decorum –noun
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.;
the quality or state of being decorous; orderliness; regularity.

As decorum describes orderly and well mannered, i thought of a very formal party


5. aspire verb (used without object), -pired, -pir·ing.
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, esp. for something great or of high value (usually fol. by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.

As the word aspire means to strive to become someone or to obtain something, one of my aspirations is to become an at LEAST decent B-boy (breakdancer)


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