Wiping my palm sweat on my freshly ironed pants, I realize I'm next in line. Would my word be humorous, or interesting, or dross? I had no idea but the incipience of my reputation was on the line. I could either emerge victorious or suffer a slow death of chagrin. I could see others of my kind, nervously shuffling on camera. Anxiety was endemic to fresh recruits. There was no escaping our fate.
I swallow hard and prepared for the inevitable question.
Furthest from calm. Qualms abundant. Here goes.
"Tell us a fun fact about yourself"
Diction
- endemic – (of a disease/condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area
- incipience – beginning come into being
- qualms – uneasy feeling of doubt, worry/fear especially about one’s own conduct
- dross – something regarded as worthless; rubbish
- chagrin – distress/embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated