Freedom Of Choice

The freedom of choice has its pros and cons.  The pros to making your own choices is that you get to learn from your own experience and you get to choose how you want to do them.  The cons about freedom of choice is that you don't know what the outcome of the choices you made are.  If you have someone else make the choices for you, you're just going by what they know and you don't get to make your own path. Its almost like you're just following somebody's path instead of making your own.  That's why getting to choose what you want to do is such an important thing.  Sometimes its a good thing to take risks and be able to figure out your problems by yourself because it makes you more confident and you now know that if you can figure out that difficult problem by yourself, you can do it again and again.

Vocabulary: Fall List #5

adroit: clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.

amicable: having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor.

averse: having a strong dislike of or opposition to something.

belligerent: hostile and aggressive.

benevolent: well meaning and kindly. 

cursory: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

duplicity: deceitfulness; double-dealing.

extol: praise enthusiastically.

feasible: possible to do easily or conveniently. 

grimace: an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement.

holocaust: destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by fire or nuclear war.

impervious: not allowing fluid to pass through.

impetus: the force or energy with which a body moves. 

jeopardy: danger of loss, harm, or failure. 

meticulous: showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

nostalgia: a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy 

personal associations.

quintessence: the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

retrogress: go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one. 

scrutinize: examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.

tepid: (esp. of a liquid) only slightly warm; lukewarm.

Vocabulary: Fall List #4

accede: assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty.

brandish: wave or flourish (something, esp. a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.

comprise: consist of; be made up of.

deft: neatly skillful and quick in one's movements.

destitute: without the basic necessities of life.

explicit: stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

extirpate: root out and destroy completely.

inopportune: occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.

ironic: using or characterized by irony.

musty: having a stale, moldy, or damp smell.

officious: assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, esp. with regard to petty or trivial matters.

ominous: giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.

pinnacle: a high, pointed piece of rock.

premeditated: think out or plan (an action, esp. a crime) beforehand.

rampant: flourishing or spreading unchecked.

solace: comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

stately: having a dignified, unhurried, and grand manner; majestic in manner and appearance.

supple: bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.

suppress: forcibly put an end to.

venal: showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery.

Vocabulary: Fall List #3

accomplice: a person who helps another commit a crime.

annihilate: destroy utterly; obliterate.  

arbitrary: based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

brazen: bold and without shame.

catalyst: a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change.

exodus: a mass departure of people, esp. emigrants. 

facilitate: make (an action or process) easy or easier.

incorrigible: not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

latent: existing but not yet developed or manifest.

militant: combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause, and typically favoring extreme, violent, or confrontational methods. 

morose: sullen and ill-tempered.

opaque: not able to be seen through; not transparent.

paramount: more important than anything else; supreme.

prattle: talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.

rebut: claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.

reprimand: a rebuke, esp. an official one.

servitude: the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful.

slapdash: done too hurriedly and carelessly.

stagnant: having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.

succumb: fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).

Vocabulary: Fall List #2

TObesity: the condition of being grossly fat or overweight. 

Accumulate: gather together or acquire an increasing number.  

Mass: a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape. 

Disease: a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal or plant. 

Diet: a special course of food to which one restricts oneself.

Prevalence: the condition of being prevalent; commonness. 

Stigma: a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance. 

Preventable: capable of being prevented. 

Adolescent: in the process of developing from a child to an adult. 

Cardiovascular: of or relating to the heart and the blood vessels. 

Excessive: more than is necessary. 

Mechanism: a system of parts working together. 

Sedentary: tending to spend to much time seated. 

Predipose: make someone liable to a certain attitude. 

Syndrome: a group of symptoms that consistently occur together.