pensive, ungodly, mega-, megahit, potato

We got a pensive response. When it was first imported to Europe the potato was controversial. Priests called spuds ungodly because they had not appeared in the Bible, while herbalists warned that the ugly root vegetable could infect people with leprosy. It very much feels like you are a general in this war, in this moment. So what is a typical day like for you? Starting at what I can only assume is some ungodly hour of the morning.

You’re right. We are in a war.

You get up, there’s a lot of people who need information, which is the reason I’m talking to you right now. There are journalists, there are congressmen, there are governors, there are legislators, there are people in the federal government that constantly need briefing.

I also am running a very large institute that’s responsible for making the vaccines and for developing the drugs. So I come in for a couple of hours, get things on the right track here, and then I spend more than half the day at the White House with various meetings. I’m with the vice president for hours at a time. I see the president himself at least an hour a day and maybe more. And then I go back home and I have a thousand things to do.

And then you’re lucky if you get to bed before midnight and then you get up at 4 or 5 in the morning.

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

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pensive

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pen·​sive | \ ˈpen(t)-siv  \

Definition of pensive

1: musingly or dreamily thoughtfula pensive young poet

2: suggestive of sad thoughtfulnessher face had the pensive mournfulness of a seraph in an old sad painting— Herman Wouk

mega-

pref.

1. Large: megadose.
2. Surpassing other examples of its kind; extraordinary: megahit.
3. One million (10⁶): megahertz.
4. 1,048,576 (2²⁰): megabyte.

[Greek, from megas, great.]

megahit

(noun) A product or event, such as a movie or concert, that is exceedingly successful.
Synonyms:	smash hit, blockbuster
Usage:	After a series of flops brought the film studio to the brink of bankruptcy, it released several megahits that restored its solvency.

ungodly

(ŭn-gŏd'lē) 

extreme or unacceptable:

I had to get up at some ungodly hour in the morning to take her to the airport.

adj., -li·er, -li·est.

1. Not revering God; impious.
2. Sinful; wicked.
3. Outrageous: had to leave for work at an ungodly hour.

ungodliness un·god'li·ness n.