You may possible be looking for a review on the mini challenge weekend, after all it was announced with the last post some weeks ago. Stand by; I will post something on that eventually.
Did you notice who left a comment on my last post on preference reversal? I am thrilled! Someone claiming to be ‘the man of procrastination’ himself: the right honourable Prof. Piers Steel. Wow! To all the hoaxers out their, just let me continue to believe that.
Here’s the valuable part of today’s blog. I am reading a book, once again recommended to me by my dad, he’s my personal literature critic: ‘Instead of wasting your time with what you would normally be doing, read this.’ ;-)
You will have to stick around to find out more on the book, because I intend to share some of the delightful vocabulary and writing styles with you. To make it just a ‘little’ challenge to you, OK call it a ‘mini’ challenge if you wish, here’s my contest: The first person to post the title of the book with the author’s name in a comment to this blog will receive a complementary issue from me. Go for it!
Here’s the vocabulary for today:
‘These vicarious second-order believers are often more zealous than the real thing, …’
vicarious
/vikairi ss/
• adjective 1 experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person. 2 acting or done for another.
- DERIVATIVES vicariously adverb.
- ORIGIN from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’.
zealous
/zell ss/
• adjective having or showing zeal.
— DERIVATIVES zealously adverb zealousness noun.
zeal
/zeel/
• noun great energy or enthusiasm for a cause or objective.
— ORIGIN Greek zelos.
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