UFS111 - 4th Vocabulary Entry

The following words are closely related to 'living life'; find the meaning of each words and create your own sentence for each word.

1. Inspirational
2. Motivation
3. Selective
4. Procrastination
5. Lackadaisica

~Inspirational

Sense

Meaning:Imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul

Similar: sacred (concerned with religion or religious purposes)

~Definition of  INSPIRATION  
 1 a : a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation  

 b : the action or power of moving the intellect or emotionsc : the act of influencing or suggesting opinions   

2 : the act of drawing in; specifically : the drawing of air into the lungs  

3 a : the quality or state of being inspired  

  b : something that is inspired <a scheme that was  pureinspiration>

 

~Motivation

-The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action towards a desired goal, the reason for that action."

Definion Of MOTIVATION
 1 a : the act or process of motivating

   b : the condition of being motivated

~Procrastination 

 -Procrastination is a problem that almost everybody in the world faces at one point or another. Some people learn how to overcome it by forming good habits and others suffer for years by constantly putting things off. In fact, 20% of Americans identify themselves as chronic procrastinators and admit that it begins to destroy their self-confidence, relationships, health, and finances. 

Definition of PROCRASTINATE

Transitive verb
Sense

1 : to put off intentionally and habitually intransitive verb

2 : to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done

  — pro·cras·ti·na·tion nou

  — pro·cras·ti·na·tor noun

~Lackadaisical

Synonyms: lackadaisical; languid; languorous; dreamy 

Meaning: Lacking spirit or liveliness 

Context examples: a lackadaisical attempt / a languid mood / a languid wave of the hand / a hot languorous afternoon 

Similar: ethargic; unergetic (deficient in alertness or activity) 

2 : a motivating force, stimulus, or influence : incentive, Drive

~Selective

-Promotional strategy aimed at selective exposure of aproduct to specific market through
messages that areconsistent with the attitudes, beliefs, and expectations of the target
customers.

Definion of SELECTE 

 1: highly specific in activity or effect <selective pesticides><selective absorption>

2: of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select

 - se·lec·tive·ly adver

 -se-lec-tive-nesnoun