The Real Reason Young People Are Anxious - WSJ Vocabulary

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Exacerbated

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To make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse.

The new tariffs imposed on international trade exacerbated the stock market's woes.

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Vicissitudes

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A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

Despite the vicissitudes of her journey—including storms, lost supplies, and unexpected detours—she remained determined to reach her destination.

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Arch-romantic

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A person who is extremely romantic in their outlook or behavior.

Jason, an arch-romantic at heart, believed in love at first sight, wrote poems under the stars, and dreamed of grand, cinematic proposals.

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Melancholic

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Feeling or expressing pensive sadness.

As the last notes of the old piano drifted through the empty room, a melancholic silence settled in, filled with memories of happier times.

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Transcendent

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Beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience.

As the sun rose over the mountaintop, casting golden light across the valley, Maya felt a transcendent peace, as if she had briefly stepped outside the worries of everyday life.

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Quotidian

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Of or occurring every day; daily.

Although the novel was filled with dragons and epic battles, the author still paid attention to the quotidian details of life—like eating breakfast or doing laundry—that made the characters feel real.