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Stimulus causes an action or response. Stimulus is a word often used in biology

extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree, The word enormous contains within it, if you look closely, the root norm, as in normal. So what you’re saying when you call something enormous is that it’s beyond what is normal;

Something humongous is really, really big. If you experiment with greenhouses, fertilization, and grow lights, you can grow a humongous pumpkin.

A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person

Apprentice is a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages

Divide or cause to divide into two sharply contrasting groups or beliefs

Antithetical means directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible

an unfortunate situation that happens because of bad luck.

an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate, Ex: If the surgeon operates on the wrong leg when you go in for knee surgery? Now, that’s a mishap to get upset about.

To grasp (something) tightly is called to clutch

Embark means to begin (a course of action). When you embark on something, you are starting it — and it's exciting. You might embark on a new career or embark on a trip to the Galapagos Islands. You wouldn't embark on a trip to the grocery store.

To curtail something is to slow it down, put restrictions on it, or stop it entirely. If I give up cake, I am curtailing my cake-eating.