ELL HubRichard Edelman
Richard Edelman
Episode 215
Vocabulary
emanate (verb)
- Definition:
- to come out from a source or place
- Example from the episode:
- “The idea that somehow all concepts emanate from the 50 states is deeply fallacious.”
- Example sentence:
- “The sound seemed to emanate from the open window.”
quartile (noun)
- Definition:
- one of four equal parts in a set of data
- Example from the episode:
- “The mass class divide, the bottom quartile and the top quartile have fundamentally different views of the world.”
- Example sentence:
- “The lowest quartile of students needed extra help.”
obligatory (adjective)
- Definition:
- required by a rule or law
- Example from the episode:
- “I want to switch back to the obligatory AI question.”
- Example sentence:
- “It is obligatory to finish your homework before playing.”
devil’s advocate (idiom)
- Definition:
- someone who takes an opposing view just to test ideas
- Example from the episode:
- “And while it can be certainly frustrating at times, I have found that having a devil’s advocate makes the work better and makes me better.”
- Example sentence:
- “She played devil’s advocate to challenge the proposal.”