What is your ideal career? How does this career represent your strengths/talents/gifts? Explain.
Vocabulary
(v.) = to surround as an enemy; to enclose or entrap; to get around by skillfully maneuvering; to find a way around Circum – around Vent – go, come He tried to circumvent answering his mother’s question by pretending he had not heard it. Circumvent
disseminate (v.) – to scatter widely, as sowing seeds Dis – apart, away Semin – seed Ate – cause, make The counselor will disseminate the scholarship information to all students. disseminate
Epiphany (n.) = a moment of profound insight Epi – upon Phan – show, reveal Y – result of She had struggled with the math problem for hours, but the epiphany was worth the effort. Epiphany
Feckless (adj.) – careless and irresponsible Feck – make Less - without Impatient with Gary’s feckless effort, his employer fired him at the end of the first week. Feckless
(adj.)= developing before the natural season, prematurely developed, unusually forward or advanced, especially mentally Pre – before Coquere – cook Ious – full of The precocious child had graduated from high school years before he had his driver's license. Precocious
Vocab Set 2
(n.) – person or thing with no special or interesting qualities; an unimportant person or thing; non existence Non – not Esse – to be Ity – state, condition The incumbent had considered the new candidate a political nonentity; therefore, the upset victory was a shock. nonentity
(n.) – one who abandons and betrays his religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another Re – back, again Negare – to deny The CIA agent arrested the renegade as he passed classified information to the enemy. Renegade
Sequester (v.) – to isolate or hide something or someone Se – apart, away Quest - seek Because there was so much publicity about the case, the judge decided to sequester the jury. Sequester
(v.) – to act evasively to gain time, avoid argument or postpone a decision or commitment Tempor – time Ize – cause, make Hoping to be asked by someone more popular, she decided to temporize when the new student invited her to the prom, saying she needed her parents’ permission before accepting. Temporize
(n.) – a person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one’s own In – not Fid – faith, belief Accused to being infidels, the missionaries were tortured and executed. Infidel