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