Amenity – noun  ame·ni·ty  \ ə-ˈme-nə-tē , -ˈmē- \

Amenity – something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment.

” It’s not quite an essential amenity or legally required to open, but its nice.”

Using context clues in the above sentence, I thought the definition of the word amenity held the same meaning of the juxtapose word next to it “essential”. however seeing to it that their wasn’t the use of the word “or” or apostrophe or semi colon, to show that they held similar meanings, I thought it might have a different meaning. The word amenity Simply means something that’s not needed but bring comfort.

 Loathe- to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest

verb  \ ˈlōt͟h \

I came across this word in NYTtimes article called: Coffee shops skip WiFi to encourage customers to actually talk. In the sentence that its written in you can easily assume the correct definition of the word which would be “dislike”. However out of curiosity I thought the definition might have been leaning somewhere else. In other words i thought i might also meant “depend”. After looking up the definition, i saw that the word loathe didn’t only mean dislike , but i was a strong dislike that leads to disgust. A useful synonym to remember the definition of this word would be despite.

Colloquial- used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation

• In colloquial English, “kind of” is often used for “somewhat” or “rather.”

adjective  col·lo·qui·al  \ kə-ˈlō-kwē-əl \

This term was used previously in class. Its simple meaning is a when your use a conversational tone. For example, when your speaking to your friends and use words such as “yeah” or “wanna” instead of “yes” or ” want to”, is known as conversational tone. Colloquial tone is used in dialogue, in a informal way.

Read more at http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/colloquial#iFrrXGVF20FG4c85.99

Inevitable:  adjective  in·ev·i·ta·ble  \ i-ˈne-və-tə-bəl \, 

Inevitable  -incapable of being avoided or evaded

• “war was inevitable”

As I do with almost all new vocabulary words, I look for a root word within that new word, prefix or suffix. In this case i was fully aware that the “in” in inevitable meant not. I also looked at the suffix which is a word used everyday which is “able”. My definition of the word inevitable is “not able”. I researched the definition to look or the precise meaning which sums of my definition. In my own words inevitable means not able of being ignored.

Wistful- full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; also : inspiring such yearning

adjective  wist·ful  \ ˈwist-fəl \

When I approach this word, I thought it meant sentimental or gloomy.  Even though that assumption isn’t entirely correct,it isn’t wholly accurate either.”You tried on selves and got rid of them, and this makes your old room look wistful: why must things change?” Feeling wistful can be related to having a craving or what the 21st century kids would call “feeling” for. It can be somewhat to my assumption of sentiment or gloomy, because craving for something might bring forth mixture those of emotions. Wistful is also related to feeling some sort of regret.

Steeling-  a quality (such as hardness of mind or spirit) that suggests steel  ..     noun  \ ˈstēl \

• nerves of steel

“I speak quickly, steeling myself for a mean reply”

The word steeling is found in Colson’s Whiteheads article. This word is located on the third page and paragraph of the article. “It saw you steeling yourself for the job interview,slowly walking home after the late date tripping over non existent impediments on the sidewalk”. When I initially saw the word, I didn’t have any firsthand idea of what it meant. After looking up the definition, I saw that it relates to doing something in a difficult situation. In other words, its a mental preparation for something that might or about to happen.