vocation
vo·ca·tion /vəʊˈkeɪʃən $ voʊ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
- the feeling that the purpose of your life is to do a particular type of work,
especially because it allows you to help other peope
- vocation for
- Jan has a vocation for teaching.
- a strong sense of vocation
- You missed your vocation (=you would have been good at a particular job).
- a particular type fo work that you feel is right for you
- At 17 she found her true vocation as a writer.
ambivalent
am·biv·a·lent /æmˈbɪvələnt/ adjective
not sure whether you want or like something or not
ambivalent about
- We are both somewhat ambivalent about having a child.
ambivalent attitude/feelings etc
-ambivalence noun [singular, uncountable]:
- O’neil had a genuine ambivalence toward US involvement in the war.
ambivalently
dowry
property and money that a woman gives to her husband when they marry in some societies
heedless
heed·less /ˈhiːdləs/ adjective
heedless of something literary not paying attention to something:
- O’Hara rode on, heedless of danger.
-heedlessly adverb
hefty
hef·ty /ˈhefti/ adjective [usually before noun]
- big and heavy:
- a tall hefty man
- a hefty tome (=large thick book)
- hefty camera equipment
- a hefty amount of something, especially money, is very large:
- British English a hefty blow, kick etc is done using a lot of force:
- He aimed a hefty kick at the door.
- a hefty shove
Reference
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English