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 ID: 446490
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Word of the Week #30
zealSlide2
zeal:
noun
definition
: fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor. Slide3
zeal
pronunciation:
zeal (noun)
zeel
zealot
(noun)
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zealous
(adj) zel-uh sSlide4
zeal
related forms
:
zealous
zealously
zealotSlide5
zeal
synonyms:
enthusiasm
fanaticism
passion
fervor
ardor
keenness
eagernessSlide6
antonyms
apathycoolnessdisinterestdullnessinactivityindifferencelazinesslethargySlide7
The dog’s
zeal
for running caught the woman off guard.
zealSlide8
zealous
Over-
zealous parents, criticized for doting on their children, are often referred to as helicopter parents.Slide9
zealously
The eager housewife ran through her house ,
zealously striving to keep the
house neat
and clean.Slide10
zealot
A
zealot is the worst kind of salesman.Slide11
Day #2 Review
index cardNouns:avarice; hubrisVerbs:extricate; perseverateAdjectives:clandestine; deleterious; ephemeral; gregarious; ignominious; ineffable; nefarious; ostentatious; obsequious; recondite; truculent Slide12
Review
avarice (N): insatiable greed for richesclandestine (Adj.): characterized by, or executed with secrecydeleterious (Adj.): injurious to healthephemeral (Adj.): lasting a very short timeextricate (V): to free or release from entanglement; disengageSlide13
Day#3
Reviewgregarious (Adj.): fond of the company of others; sociableignominious (Adj.): marked by or attended with humiliation; shameful; dishonorableineffable (Adj.): incapable of being expressed or described in wordshubris (N): excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogancenefarious (Adj.): extremely wicked or villainousSlide14
Day#4
Reviewostentatious (Adj.): characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress othersobsequious (Adj.): characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawningperseverate (V): to repeat something insistently or redundantlyrecondite (Adj.): dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject mattertruculent (Adj.): fierce; cruel; savagely brutal