Original Sentence: Chapters in the books cover a myriad of health topics.

Definition: a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.

Pronunciation: [mir-ee-uh d]

POS: noun

Original Sentence:  I found personal epiphanies to be almost zinging through the air for my listeners.  

Definition: an appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity.

Pronunciation:  [ih-pif-uh-nee]

POS: noun

 Original Sentence: Paradoxically, these survival habits have historically been critical to the well- being of the African- American community.

Definition: having the natureof a paradox; self-contradictory

Pronunciation: [par-uh-dok-si-kuh l-ee]

POS: adverb

Original Sentence: Children around the world who are doing just that have written and posted more than 100 stories that are poignant and varied and speak of the stigma that so many of them experience.

Definition: keenly distressing to the feelings:

Pronunciation: poi-nuh nt]

POS: adjective

Original Sentence: I mirrored her dismay and began a story about a little girl who had beautiful eyes that were stolen by a bird.

Definition: to breakdown the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt.

Pronunciation: [dis-mey]

POS: noun