VOCAB: 5 WORDS A WEEK (WEEK 5)

NAME: AHMAD ASYRAF AZMAN

MATRIX NUMBER: MEM140008

serendipity |sr()ndpti|
Noun [ mass noun ]
Meaning: The occurrence and development of events by chance
in a happy or beneficial way
Example: Technical innovation may be the result of pure
serendipity.
ORIGIN 1754: Coined by Horace Walpole, suggested by The Three
Princes of Serendip, the title of a fairy tale in which the heroes
were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of
things they were not in quest of.

erroneous |rns, -|

Adjective
Meaning: Wrong; incorrect
Example: Employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions.
ORIGIN: Late Middle English: from Latin erroneus (from
erro(n-)vagabond, from errare to stray, err) + -ous.

maverick |mav()rk|

Noun
Meaning: An unorthodox or independent-minded person
Example: He's the maverick of the senate.
ORIGIN: Mid 19th cent.: from the name of Samuel A. Maverick
(180370), a Texas rancher who did not brand his cattle.

seismic |szmk|
Adjective
Meaning:
o Relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and
its crust.
o Of enormous proportions or effect
Example: There are seismic pressures threatening American
society.

interdependent |ntdpendnt|
Adjective
Meaning: (of two or more people or things) dependent on each
other
Example: We in Europe are all increasingly interdependent.