WORD:

Tumult
n. 1. violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar. 2. a general outbreak, riot, uprising, or other disorder. 3. highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling; turbulent mental or emotional disturbance.


QUOTE:

“The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.”
- Elbert Hubbard

WORD:

Capitulate
v. 1. to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel.


QUOTE:

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
- Elizabeth Stone

WORD:

Ephemeral
adj. 1. lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory.


QUOTE:

“Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.”
- Unknown

WORD:

Torpid
adj. 1. inactive or sluggish. 2. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.



QUOTE:

“Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word.”
- Laurence Olivier

WORD:

Tenebrous
adj. 1. dark; gloomy; obscure.


QUOTE:

“Obstacles are placed in our way to see if what we want is really worth fighting for.”
- Unknown

WORD:

Cathexis
n. 1. Psychoanalysis; the investment of emotional significance in an activity, object, or idea.


QUOTE:

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
- Aesop

WORD:

Benevolence
n. 1. desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness. 2. an act of kindness; a charitable gift.


QUOTE:

“That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key.”
- Elizabeth Wurtzel

WORD:

Effete
adj. 1. lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent. 2. exhausted of vigor or energy; worn out. 3. unable to produce; sterile.


QUOTE:

“I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.”
- Malcolm X

WORD:

Selfless
adj. 1. having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish.


QUOTE:

“I knew the second I met you that there was something about you I needed. Turns out it wasn’t something about you at all. It was just you.”
- Jamie McGuire

WORD:

Despondent
adj. 1. feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom.


QUOTE:

“It is not too uncommon for people for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.”
- Echkart Tolle