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book review (happiness) vocab

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  • quantity
    the amount of
  • theory
    explanation (of why something works or happens the way it does)
  • pronouncement
    statement
  • lucid
    clear /easy to understand
  • motivate
    encourage
  • framework
    (solid basic structure on which bigger things can be built)
  • self-evident
    obvious
  • displeasure
    unhappiness / irritation
  • banknote
    paper money
  • insight
    deep understanding of things
  • promote
    help develop/ increase
  • oblivious to
    unaware of
  • capitalism
    an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit:
  • crude
    in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined
  • regard something as
    think of something as
  • manipulate
    controlled/moved around/misled
  • economist
    expert on money and economy
  • intellectual
    related to thinking /brain/ study /academic study
  • absence
    (not being there; not being present)
  • advocate of something
    supporter