VOCABULARY
MISANTHROPE (NOUN)
Definition: someone who dislikes and avoids other people.
HYPOCHONDRIA (NOUN)/ HYPOCHONDRIAC (ADJECTIVE /NOUN)
Definition: a state in which a person continuously worries about their health without having any reason to do so.
Example:
I thought the doctor was going to accuse me of hypochondria.
HEDONISM (NOUN)/ HEDONIST (NOUN)/ HEDONISTIC (ADJECTIVE)
Definition: living and behaving in ways that mean you get as much pleasure out of life as possible, according to the belief that the most important thing in life is to enjoy yourself.
SYBARITE (NOUN)/ SYBARITIC (ADJECTIVE)
Definition: a person who loves expensive things and pleasure.
PETRIFIED (ADJECTIVE)- Frightened
Definition: 1. extremely frightened.
Example:
I stood petrified as the most enormous dog I've ever seen came bounding up to me.
She's petrified of being on her own in the house at night.
Definition: 2. having changed to a substance like stone:
Example:
a petrified tree/shell
*literary used to describe something that has stopped changing and developing, and often belongs to the past.
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