ELL HubClaude Steele
Claude Steele
Episode 321
Vocabulary
necessitate (verb)
- Definition:
- Definition: to make something necessary
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “So it can absolutely amplify, and I think it necessitates that as we consume social media, that we at least think about what are the stereotypes being communicated and how does that have impact on us.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “The broken pipe necessitates a call to the plumber.””
churn (noun)
- Definition:
- Definition: a lot of change or movement in a short time
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “Can you define for us what you mean by ‘churn’, and how can it help us better understand relationships and intergroup relationships?””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “The company had a lot of churn last year.””
vigilant (adjective)
- Definition:
- Definition: watchful and careful to notice danger or problems
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “It can nag at a person, and they can be particularly vigilant as to how they're being perceived, and that can, as we just mentioned, interfere with performance right there in the immediate situation.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “The guard is vigilant at night.””
chain of events (idiom)
- Definition:
- Definition: a series of actions or things that happen one after another
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “So there's a, a kind of recursive chain of events, relief of this pressure.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “One mistake started a chain of events.””