Thursday, October 9, 2014

Vocabulary

Polymath


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Albert Einstein was an extremely intelligent man who excelled in many fields.

The man had always been a polymath; he could never get enough of just any one topic.


Minutiae


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Tracing people by fingerprints uses the smallest, most precise details.

Crime scene investigators cannot focus on the whole, they have to focus on the minutiae.


Assuaging


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Pacifiers are used to calm and soothe babies.

The woman was so busy trying to assuage her baby that she burned the cake for the bake sale.

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