To read or not to -The Hindu (July 11, 2016)
What I now consider to be one of my worst experiences in life happened at a tuition class. It led me to question the very efficacy of the school education and teaching system. It was my first day in the tuition class and the teacher was dealing with the physical world and the vector system. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Today’s Words:
- Efficacy (noun) – – effectiveness, efficiency, productiveness, power/ability to give estimated results.
- The leap of (noun) – a sudden transition.
- Comprehend (verb) – understand, grasp, take in, apprehend.
- Pour out (phrasal verb) – utter, say, speak, communicate.
- Veer (verb) – change direction/course.
- Very (adjective) – mere, simple, pure, plain, basic.
- Enact (verb) – act out, act, perform, play.
- Bloom (verb) – blossom, bud, sprout; flourish, prosper, burgeon, progress.
- Ought (verb) – indicate correctness.
- Guiding light (noun) – inspiration, role model, hero,
- Stand me in good stead (idiom) – useful/advantage/benefit to someone.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.