Vocabulary Enrichment #2

Word #1:
1. Liturgy (noun)2. Koller, John M. Asian philosophies 5th ed. 
3. "Most of the Vedic verses are addressed to gods and goddesses and have a central liturgical function."4. Definitions
A. a form of public worship; ritual.
B. a collection of formularies for public worship.
C. a particular arrangement of service.
D. a particular form or type of the Eucharistic service.
5. Example: The liturgy of the Vedic philosophy was worshiping different types of elements in nature.

Word #2
1. Disseminate (verb)
2. ADWEEK http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/mcdonalds-absurdly-lavish-bling-mac-ring-could-be-yours-if-you-love-it-enough/
3. "Big Mac Hero it sounds like a menu item, right? - was developed with Reddit and Snapchat, and McDonald's is using those platforms to promote and disseminate the game. 
4. Definitions
a. to skatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; 
b. promulgate extensively
c. broadcast 
5. Example: My mother used to disseminate the butter on the bread before I got too old. 


Word #3 

1. Primordial (adjective)
2. Koller, John M. Asian philosophies 5th ed. 
3."The second verse suggests that prior to existence and nonexistence, before there was night or day, before there was either death or immortality, there was a primordial oneness;"
4. Definitions
a. a first created or developed 
b. existing in or persisting from the beginning 
c. fundamental, primary
5. Example: The current iPhone X is far advanced than the primordial iPhone. 

Word #4
1.Hymn (noun)
2. Koller, John M. Asian philosophies 5th ed. 
3. "The Hymn to the Cosmic Person is one of the clearest expressions of the importance of ritual in Vedic life."  
4. Definitions
a. a song or ode in praise or honor of God, a deity, a nation
b. something resembling this, as a speech, essay, or book in praise of someone or something
5. Example: The Japanese plays the taiko as their hymn for their Gods.

Word #5
1. Omniscience (noun)
2. Koller, John M. Asian philosophies 5th ed. 
3. "For the next twelve years he lived a severely austere life, until, at age forty-three, he achieved omniscience and came to be recognized as a Conqueror and Ford-maker."
4. Definitions
a. having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight
b. possessed of universal or complete knowledge 
5. Example: Some professors seem to have omniscience on the subject.

Word #6
1. Reed (noun) 
2. Koller, John M. Asian philosophies 5th ed. 
3. "Frightened of death and hoping to prolong his life, even if for only another moment he, leaped into the dar hole, grasping a clump of reeds growing from its wall to support itself."
4. Definitions
a. any of various tall grasses with slender often prominently jointed stems that grow especially in wet areas
b. a stem of a reed
c. a person or thing too weak to rely on: one easily swayed or overcome
e. a growth or mass of reds 
5. Example: The reeds frustrate the owner of the house as it grows among their flowers. 

Word #7 
1. Bliss (noun) 
2. Koller, John M. Asian philosophies 5th ed. 
3. "The essence of the soul is life and its chief characteristics are perception, knowledge, bliss, and energy."
4. Definitions
a. complete happiness 
b. enjoying eternal bliss in heaven
c. paradise, heaven 
5. Example: The search for bliss is a quest that seems impossible.

Word #8
1. Luminosity (noun)
2. Koller, John M. Asian philosophies 5th ed.  
3. "Real knowledge is obtain not from the sense or the mind, but from the soul's inherent luminosity." 
4. Definitions
a. the quality or state offing luminous
b. something luminous
c. the relative quantity of light 
d. relative brightness of something 
5. Example: No matter how much we clean the lightbulb the luminosity didn't change. 

Word #9
1. Paramour
2. ADWEEK http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/move-over-heart-shaped-boxes-of-chocolate-sweethearts-are-now-the-most-popular-valentines-candy/
3. "According to one recent statistic, 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate find their way into our paramours' hands each year."
4. Definitions
a. lover, specifically an illicit or secret lover
5. Example: Bill Clinton's paramour did not stay a paramour for a long time. 

Word #10
1. idiosyncratic (adjective)
2.ADWEEK http://www.adweek.com/creativity/this-ad-guy-found-the-most-literal-way-to-think-outside-the-box/
3."Now, he’s taken pages from his notebooks, in which he developed many of his idiosyncratic ideas, and through the magic of papier-mâché, built an unusual art installation."
4. Definitions
a. pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy or something peculiar to an individual
b. a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, thats peculiar to an individual
c. the physical constitution peculiar (strange, odd, uncommon, distinctive in nature) to an individual 
5. President Trump's idiosyncratic style in leading our country could get us in some trouble.