Word of the Week #30 zeal zeal: noun

Word of the Week #30 zeal zeal: noun definition: fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.

zeal pronunciation : zeal (noun) zeel zealot (noun) zeluh t

zealous (adj) zeal related forms: zealous zealously zealot zeal synonyms: enthusias

m fanaticism ardor passion keenness fervor eagerness antonyms

apathy coolness disinterest dullness inactivity indifference laziness lethargy zeal The dogs zeal for running

caught the woman off zealous zealous Over- parents, criticized for doting on their children, are often referred to as

helicopter The eager housewife ran through her house , zealously striving to keep the house neat zealously and clean. zealot A zealot

is the worst kind of salesma n. Day #2 Review index card Nouns: avarice; hubris

Verbs: extricate; perseverate Adjectives: clandestine; deleterious; ephemeral; gregarious; ignominious; ineffable; nefarious; ostentatious; obsequious; recondite; truculent Review

avarice (N): insatiable greed for riches clandestine (Adj.): characterized by, or executed with secrecy deleterious (Adj.): injurious to health ephemeral (Adj.): lasting a very short time

extricate (V): to free or release from entanglement; disengage Day#3 Review gregarious (Adj.): fond of the company of others; sociable

ignominious (Adj.): marked by or attended with humiliation; shameful; dishonorable ineffable (Adj.): incapable of being expressed or described in words hubris (N): excessive pride or selfconfidence; arrogance nefarious (Adj.): extremely wicked or

Day#4 Review ostentatious (Adj.): characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others obsequious (Adj.): characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning

perseverate (V): to repeat something insistently or redundantly recondite (Adj.): dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter