1. The Night I Met Einstein
By Jerome Weidman
Vocabulary

2. What do you know about Einstein?

3. The Night I Met Einstein - Vocabulary
irrelevant – (adj.) not relating to the matter at hand; not important
I buried myself in my own completely irrelevant thoughts.
perfunctory – (adj.) performed as a routine duty without interest, care, or enthusiasm
Their owner was not just going through the perfunctory duties of basic politeness.
speculation – (noun) a conclusion or opinion reached by thinking about it
A rising murmur of puzzled speculation followed us out into the hall.
Resolutely – (adv.) firm in purpose or belief; determined.
Resolutely, he led me upstairs.
scowled – (verb) to contract the brows in a displeased, or angry manner; frown
Einstein shook his head and scowled, as though I had introduced an irrelevance.
approximation – (noun) an action that is increasingly moving towards being accurate.
I managed to reproduce an approximation of the sounds the famous tenor had made.
attain – (verb) to achieve or accomplish a task or goal
His head went back as if to help me attain what seemed unattainable.
epitaph – (noun) a poem or saying engraved on a tomb or gravestone about the person buried at that site.
Einstein smiled, put his arm across my shoulder, and uttered ten words that are his epitaph.

4. irrelevant – (adj.) not relating to the matter at hand; not important
I buried myself in my own completely irrelevant thoughts.

5. perfunctory – (adj.) performed as a routine duty without interest, care, or enthusiasm
Their owner was not just going through the perfunctory duties of basic politeness.

6. speculation – (noun) a conclusion or opinion reached by thinking about it
A rising murmur of puzzled speculation followed us out into the hall.

7. Resolutely – (adv.) firm in purpose or belief; determined
Resolutely, he led me upstairs.

8. scowled – (verb) to contract the brows in a displeased, or angry manner; frown
Einstein shook his head and scowled, as though I had introduced an irrelevance.

9. approximation – (noun) an action that is increasingly moving towards being accurate.
I managed to reproduce an approximation of the sounds the famous tenor had made.

10. attain – (verb) to achieve or accomplish a task or goal
His head went back as if to help me attain what seemed unattainable.

11. epitaph – (noun) a poem or saying engraved on a tomb or gravestone about the person buried at that site.
Einstein smiled, put his arm across my shoulder, and uttered ten words that are his epitaph.