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Adam Bryant
Episode 255
Vocabulary
demystify (verb)
- Definition:
- to make something easier to understand by explaining it clearly
- Example from the episode:
- “His work focuses on demystifying leadership, identifying the key qualities of successful leaders, and translating those insights into actionable advice for managers.”
- Example sentence:
- “The teacher will demystify the science topic today.”
synthesis (noun)
- Definition:
- the process of combining different ideas or information to make something new.
- Example from the episode:
- “When you look back at the synthesis you've done, the career journeys that you've seen, is there a particular mistake or two that leaders tend to make, especially when it comes to communicating around themselves or their companies that you've seen that we could learn from and try to avoid?”
- Example sentence:
- “The essay is a synthesis of three articles.”
shorthand (adjective)
- Definition:
- a quick, short way to say or write something
- Example from the episode:
- “And my shorthand version of his theory is the Einstein Theory of Communication.”
- Example sentence:
- “He wrote a shorthand note after the meeting.”
near and dear (idiom)
- Definition:
- very important or special to someone
- Example from the episode:
- “So the first one is the ability to simplify complexity, which I know is a topic that's near and dear to your heart.”
- Example sentence:
- “Family is near and dear to him.”