Vocab of the day #2

1. sabbatical : a leave usually taken every seventh year (go on sabbatical)
   
2. brim : be completely full (memory brims with)
   
3. dwindle : become smaller or lose substance (dwindling supply of money)
   
4. commensurate : corresponding in size or degree or extent (commensurate with your excellence)
5. reverence : the act of adoring, especially reverently (reverence for the power of human thought)
6. serendipity : pure luck in discovering things you were not looking for (a moment of serendipity)
7. defunct : no longer in force or use; inactive; dead (a defunct political organization / a defunct economist)
8. sublime : inspiring awe (life's most sublime moments)
9. fallible : likely to fail or be inaccurate; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; frail; imperfect; weak (fallible analysis and logic)
10. susceptible : easily influenced or affected (susceptible to abuse)
11. wryly : disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking (commented wryly)
12. peril : a state of danger involving risk (in a peril)
13. cede : give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another (cede the hope to changing one's mind)
14. advent : the coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important (the advent of new truths / the advent of computer)
15. consensus : agreement of the majority in sentiment or belief (consensus or comity overshadows clarity)