vocab

stashing-  (v) to hide away

Courage, I seemed to think, comes to us in finite quantities, like an inheritance, and by being frugal and stashing it away and letting it earn interest, we steadily increase our moral capital in preparation for that day when the account must be drawn down pg.40

I found myself stashing my money because my brother likes to steal.

synonym, because being "frugal" is the same as stashing it away

Summa cum laude-(adj) with highest distinction

I had the world dicked - Phi Beta Kappa and the summa cum laude and president of the student body and a full ride scholarship for grad studies at Harvard. Pg.41

I was Summa Cum Laude of my class.

Example, it says full scholarship, and president of the student body.

Smoldering-(v) to burn without flame; undergo in a suppressed state..

Later it burned down to a smoldering self pity, then to numbness. pg. 42

Hatred smoldered beneath a polite surface.

Example, it says," burned down."