narcolepsy

\NAHR-kuh-lep-see\ 

noun;

Meaning :

1.   1. a disorder characterized by uncontrollable bouts of sleepiness during the daytime, occasional loss of muscle power and paralysis, and hallucinations during sleep

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

  1. This story of Sleeping Beauty centers on the independent, headstrong Briar Rose, a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty who suffers a persistent and seemingly incurable case of narcolepsy.

  2. Biologically speaking, sleep loss has been shown to increase inflammatory responses, which may underlie pathological sleepiness in sleep apnea andnarcolepsy disturb our metabolism, increase the risk of cardiovascular problems and decrease our life span.

obscure

\uhb-SKYOOR\ 

adjective;

Meaning :

1.   1. not well known; not prominent
2.   2. dark, dim, murky

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

  1. An obscure federal agency with a history of setbacks announced Thursday that it will upgrade its troubled wastewater treatment plant in San Ysidro.

  2. Either way, it's the sort of obscure Australiana that fascinates local historian David Morgan, who has been an inveterate collector of trivia, compiler of lists and orchestrator of improbable connections since he began thumbing through encyclopedias as a child.

pandiculation

\pan-dik-yuh-LEY-shuhn\

noun;

Meaning :

1.   1. an instinctive stretching, as on awakening or while yawning
2. Write meaning 2

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

  1. "Pandiculate for Health! Grow Tall! Get Well! Be Young!" Exuberant ads like this, running in health-fad magazines since 1914, have proclaimed the virtues of a spine-stretching device called the "Pandiculator."

qualitative

\KWOL-i-tey-tiv\

adjective;

Meaning :

1.   1. concerned with quality or qualities

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

  1. Firstly, it was woefully underfunded. Secondly, by making testing the end-all be-all of educational performance, we ignored the more qualitativedimensions of education, which help a child expand and become a whole person.

  2. Many agencies are abandoning the painstaking analysis of reams of statistical information - called quantitative research - in favor of one-on-one and group interviews, or qualitative research.

rancor

\RANG-ker\ 

noun;

Meaning :

1.   1. bitter resentment or ill will; extreme hatred or spite

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

  1. The day quickly degenerated into rancor as Palestinians and Jews staged competing protests and Arab participants were accused of harassing Jewish delegates.

  2. He called for unity after years of partisan rancor and division.