VOCABULARY LIST WEEK # 2

1. alacrity n. Promptness; eager and speedy readiness

I got ready with alacrity.

2. bemuse v. To cause somebody to be confused or puzzled;

confuse, muddle or stupefy someone Calculus tends to bemuse me.

3. diminutive adj. Very small or much smaller than is usual

The diminutive pencil

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4. Benign / malevolent: adj. Kind an gentle; not causing harm

The benign old man; the benign tumor was removed

5. efficacious adj. Having the power to produce the desired result (especially

on health matters); effective; efficient The vaccine proved efficacious

6. impolitic adj. Likely to be disadvantageous and therefore not advisable;

unwise; inappropriate The impolitic remark; the impolitic comment

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7. metaphor n. The application of a word or phrase to something

that is not meant literally but to make a comparison

The metaphor connected the student’s dance to a crane.

8. objective / subjective: adj. Uninfluenced by emotion or personal prejudice presented factually

I tried to be objective

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9. vicarious adj. Experienced through another rather than at first

hand I experienced the feeling of falling vicariously.

10. visceral adj. Proceeding from instinct rather than from reasoned

thinking I had a visceral reaction to.

VOCABULARY LIST WEEK # 2

1. alacrity n. Promptness; eager and speedy readiness2. bemuse v. To cause somebody to be confused or puzzled; confuse,

muddle or stupefy someone3. diminutive adj. Very small or much smaller than is usual4. Benign / malevolent: adj.

Kind an gentle; not causing harm

5. efficacious adj. Having the power to produce the desired result (especially on health matters); effective; efficient

6. impolitic adj. Likely to be disadvantageous and therefore not advisable; unwise; inappropriate

7. metaphor n. the application of a word or phrase to something that is not meant literally but to make a comparison

8. metonym n. A word or phrase used in a figure of speech in which an attribute of something is used to stand for the thing itself

9. vicarious adj. Experienced through another rather than at first hand10. visceral adj. Proceeding from instinct rather than from reasoned

thinking