Assignment: Choose one of the new words from your PVL (Personal Vocabulary List) that you would like to share with your fellow classmates. Explain why you chose this word, and how it might be helpful to you or others in the future. This word will be posted on the class blog.
DEAN
In my PVL, my favorite word is achievement.
In my PVL, my favorite word is achievement.
We use this word in many ways, for example,” I hope
I will have a great achievement in future.” It is a noun.
The other form of this word is “achieve”.
To achieve is a verb. For example: “He achieved success.”
PANDA
My word is “threat”’
“ There is a threat of rain.”(noun)
Another form: threaten-(verb) . For example:
“ He threatened Tim not to play computer game and to finish his homework”.
This word is from the newspaper.
I chose this word because this word is interesting and useful.
LULIU
I opt for the word: sophisticated.
I believe that this word is both interesting and instructive as we Chinese people always emphasize that experience is the most important thing in man's life. For example, we prefer a doctor with rich experience rather than a youthful one when we go to the hospital. And I think this word reflect our faith to the experienced appropriately.
This word is an adjective, and it means having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire. And its verb form is sophisticate, it means make less nature or innocent.
I confronted with this word in the book <Cambridge IELTS 7> when I was preparing IELTS test last year. At that time I was eager to expand my vocabulary so I memorized this word quickly.
I think this word is useful when I want to describe a man with rich experience or good skill in some respects. For example, we say “he is a sophisticated socialite” when we want to praise a celebrity. Also we can describe a complex but aesthetic electronic tool as “a sophisticated electronic tool”.
JOAN
Interactive：(Adjective)
Interactive advertisement is the new form in the Internet that uses the software of Flash and After Effect . When people see an advertisement on line they can use the mouse by clicking on it and is interactive.
Interaction(Noun)
I first saw this word in my professor’s office and I have never heard of this new art form.The word interactive is my major word. My major is Interactive Media Art. So when I saw it first time, I liked it a lot. It is an interesting word, and we can learn a new modern art form from here. It includes art’s new images. In the future, I will work with interactive art, so it will be my good friend.
My new paper talks about the interactive art; where it will develop, how to develop it, and which form it will develop in the future. I like interactive art that it is a multitudinous form to show art. In my new paper I propose a new direction about interactive art that can be useful in psychotherapy. This is a new direction in the interactive art history. I want to research it from the color feel, audition sense, vision sense and tactile sense. My professor encourages me to do it in the future. However, it is important to me, I believe I can give it new meaning.
JUN
Eerie (adv. eerily) – If you describe something as eerie, you mean that it seems strange and frightening, and makes you feel nervous.
Example: “The book 1984 was an eerie prediction of the future.”
I encountered it in a text.
The word is interesting because it has not only an advanced meaning,
but a unique form, so it could be utilized in life or test.
MIN
●Esteem (vt.)
1. To regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.
2. To consider as of a certain value or of a certain type; regard.
-The President of the South Korea isn’t esteemed by the people.
●Estimable (a)
1. Worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration.
2. Capable of being estimated.
-I know a professor who is estimable.
I encountered “Esteem” in my Hackers TOEFL Vocabulary book. I have seen this word in other fingerprints many times, but I have always forgotten the word’s meaning,so when I saw this word this time again, I thought I shouldn’t forget anymore! That’s why I included in my PVL. And I can use this word, when I need to express the idea of ‘respecting ’ someone.
Final PVL Andy
Significant adj.
Your success today may be significant for your whole future.
Significance n.
I found this word in a TOEFL reading test.
I think this word is as significant as the word “important” in my writing. It is not so good to use just one word that defines something important. So I remember this word and the word “vital”, or “central ” to replace “important” which is used in my writing.
Wallace
Word: Capitalism –Noun
Definition: An economic system based on private ownership of capital.
Adjective form- Capatalistic
Sentence: The United States is a capatalistic country.
Another form: Capital
Definition: Wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value.
Sentence: Capital means money.
I found this word from my economic book.
Capitalism is one of the economic system in the world. Capitalistic countries are almost developed that called Western Countries in China. Capitalism is a different kind of system between China's which is socialism. So it is very interesting for me, and I work hard in my economic class.
Barry
Share a word Directly (adv.)
Another form: Direct (v.) (adj.), Direction (n.),
The sentence of speech:
While many people want to donate clothing, the Salvation Army says monetary donations help them buy supplies that directly match needs - what storm victims need, Birmingham Business Journa,Monday, May 2, 2011, 5:26am CDT
Why did you include this particular word in your PVL?
I have listened a lot of times from academic speech, TV show and conversation. It is frequently used in the conversation. So I am impressed with this word.
Where and how do you think this word may be useful to you or other in the future?
This word I can many sentence when I want to persuade people or describe something is immediate and necessary. The word is used can strengthen sentence power. So I recommend people to use this word in writing.
Jamie
1. I choose 'alacrity' because this word is useful but it's difficult for me.
2. 'Alacrity' means doing something quickly. For example, "my grandfather still moves with alacrity." 'Alacrity' is a noun.
3. 'Alacritous' is another form of 'alacrity' and it is an adjective.
4. I encountered this word in a grammar question in our textbook.
5. I didn't know this word but sometimes I want to use that meaning when I use English.
6. I can use this word when I speak English fluently because it is used instead of 'quickness' or 'fastness'.
