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Line 121: − + + + + + + − + − − Example 3: insouciance (nonchalance, lighthearted lack of concern) − − Example 4: In the beginning was the "λόγος", and the "λόγος" was with God, and the "λόγος" was God. (John 1:1). What does the Greek word "λόγος" mean? Line 134:
Line 135: − Example 5: cantankerous (irritating to deal with)+ − Other fun words:+ + + + + − martinet (mar-tuh-NET): an overly strict person who demands rigid compliance with forms and methods, named after France's King Louis XIV's Lieutenant Colonel Jean Martinet+ − laconic+ − One approach: use of vocabulary lists − − Develop the habit of welcoming new words into your vocabulary, and using them. Beware of the "dumbing down" by others of the vocabulary level of speech, whereby some people only use a few hundred words each week to communicate. Some public school students have a total vocabulary of only a few thousand words. Build yours to where you know and use tens of thousands of words. You'll obtain better jobs, better friends and greater happiness by learning to enjoy all the powerful words that are out there for our benefit.
→Importance of Vocabulary: better
Let's try some examples of learning word meanings from context (SAT questions are a bit more complicated than this, and as we'll learn in future classes):
Let's try some examples of learning word meanings from context (SAT questions are a bit more complicated than this, and as we'll learn in future classes):
Example 1: abhor (hate, dislike intensely)
Example 1: "I abhor all the forms that government makes people fill out these days!"
<br>(a) love
<br>(b) encourage
<br>(c) don't feel strongly one way or the other
<br>(d) welcome
<br>(e) dislike intensely
Example 2: truculent (cruel, savage, aggressively belligerent)
Example 2: In the beginning was the "λόγος", and the "λόγος" was with God, and the "λόγος" was God. (John 1:1). What does the Greek word "λόγος" mean?
<br>(a) evil
<br>(a) evil
<br>(b) light
<br>(b) light
<br>(e) word
<br>(e) word
Other fun words:
*laconic (very concise in expression, the opposite of talk, talk, talk)
*cantankerous (irritating to deal with)
*truculent (cruel, savage, aggressively belligerent)
*insouciance (nonchalance, lighthearted lack of concern)
*martinet (mar-tuh-NET): an overly strict person who demands rigid compliance with forms and methods, named after France's King Louis XIV's Lieutenant Colonel Jean Martinet
Develop the habit of welcoming new words into your vocabulary, and using them. Beware of the "dumbing down" by others of the vocabulary level of speech, whereby some people only use a few hundred words each week to communicate. Some public school students have a total vocabulary of only a few thousand words. Build yours to where you know and use tens of thousands of words. You'll obtain better jobs, better friends and greater happiness by learning to enjoy all the powerful words that are out there for our benefit.
Always know where a dictionary is, or how to look up the meaning of new words online.
== Homework Assignment ==
== Homework Assignment ==