Day+11

October 22, 2009 (Thurs)

1. Neophyte (n.) a person who is new to subject, skill, or belief - The neophyte just started going through the steps of creating pottery.

2. Uninitiated (adj.) without special knowledge or experience - The professor, uninitiated in education and young, didn't know how to deliver the information to us effectively.

3. Initiate (v.) introduce someone to particular activity or skill - Siddhartha initated Chun Yi the skills of a true Kung Fu ascetic.   **//Apologia vs. Apologue //**  Apologia: a formal defense or justification - The company posted its public apologia for its new policy regarding new employees that had been rousing much controversy. Apologue: a moral fable - Aesop's fables are probably the most renowned apologues read by children.

**Confusing words: sympathy VS empathy** Sympathy=Sympathy is usually the sharing of unhappiness or suffering, but it can also refer to sharing other (positive) emotions as well.

Empathy= understanding others feelings and caring about the way they are feeling, Putting your self in anothers shoes.

So, for example, if you are a parent who lost a child, then I can only sympathize. HOWEVER, my friend, who also lost a child, can empathize.

1. Facile (adj.) easily achieved... *This just reminds me of Clare. Clare got a facile 100% on her World History exam.
 * then next question... can my friend sympathize??? (i'll ask Mr. Stephens...)

2. Harrowing (v.) agonizing I watched a harrowing film last week, and I can't sleep on my own now.  3. Uncanny (adj.) strange/mysterious Jack was voted as the most uncanny Freshmen boy.