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Advice Columns

Mark Twain and Mary Schmich
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  1. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
    They said it should be something suitable to youth – something didactic, instructive, or something in the nature of good advice.
  2. sufficient
    of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement
    That will be sufficient.
  3. temperate
    not extreme
    That of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance, and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.
  4. diligence
    conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task
    Patience, diligence, painstaking attention to detail – these are requirements; these in time, will make the student perfect; upon these only, may he rely as the sure foundation for future eminence.
  5. peerless
    eminent beyond or above comparison
    Think what tedious years of study, thought, practice, experience, went to the equipment of that peerless old master who was able to impose upon the whole world the lofty and sounding maxim that “Truth is mighty and will prevail” – the most majestic compound fracture of fact which any of woman born has yet achieved.
  6. impose
    charge and collect payment
    Think what tedious years of study, thought, practice, experience, went to the equipment of that peerless old master who was able to impose upon the whole world the lofty and sounding maxim that “Truth is mighty and will prevail” – the most majestic compound fracture of fact which any of woman born has yet achieved.
  7. lofty
    of imposing height; especially standing out above others
    Think what tedious years of study, thought, practice, experience, went to the equipment of that peerless old master who was able to impose upon the whole world the lofty and sounding maxim that “Truth is mighty and will prevail” – the most majestic compound fracture of fact which any of woman born has yet achieved.
  8. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
    Think what tedious years of study, thought, practice, experience, went to the equipment of that peerless old master who was able to impose upon the whole world the lofty and sounding maxim that “Truth is mighty and will prevail” – the most majestic compound fracture of fact which any of woman born has yet achieved.
  9. anesthesia
    loss of bodily sensation
    There is in Boston a monument of the man who discovered anesthesia; many people are aware, in these latter days, that that man didn’t discover it at all, but stole the discovery from another man.
  10. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
    A feeble, stupid, preposterous lie will not live two years – except it be a slander upon somebody.
  11. heedless
    marked by or paying little attention
    The sorrow and suffering that have been caused through the innocent but heedless handling of firearms by the young!
  12. inestimable
    beyond calculation or measure
    They are a great, an inestimable, and unspeakable means of improvement.
  13. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
    Build your character thoughtfully and painstakingly upon these precepts, and by and by, when you have got it built, you will be surprised and gratified to see how nicely and sharply it resembles everybody else’s.
  14. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
    Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who'd rather be Rollerblading.
  15. indulge
    yield to; give satisfaction to
    I encourage anyone over 26 to try this and thank you for indulging my attempt.
  16. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
    The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
  17. dispense
    administer or bestow, as in small portions
    I will dispense this advice now.
  18. apt
    being of striking appropriateness and relevance
    The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
  19. inalienable
    incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
    Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise.
  20. nostalgia
    a longing for something past
    Advice is a form of nostalgia.
Created on Fri May 31 05:51:51 EDT 2013

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