Writing to learn, part 2

I started a series of posts called Writing to learn to explore the meaning of some interesting words and concepts. My goal is to internalize the words and gain mastery of the English language in the process. In this part two of the Writing to learn series, I bring you more words that draw my attention.

• Plot. The story of a book, film, play, etc. 2 – A small piece of land that has been marked or measured for a particular purpose. 3 – A secret plan made by several people to do something that is wrong, harmful, or not legal, especially to do damage to a person or government. 4 – A diagram or chart. 5 – To mark or draw something on a piece of paper or a map.
• Minion. (Usually disapproving) a person who is not important and who has to do what another person of higher rank orders them to do.
• Thesaurus. A type of dictionary in which words with similar meanings are arranged in groups.
• Reorganization. The act of organizing something again in order to improve it. 2 – A change in the way that something such as a company is organized, in order to improve it.
• Corporate. Relating to a large company. 2 – Relating to a business, especially a large business.
• Hierarchy. A system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance. 2 – A system in which the people within a company or organization are organized into levels according to the authority they have. 3 – The people in the upper levels of a company or organization who control it.
• Thorough. Detailed and careful. 2 – Complete, very great or very much. 3 – With nothing left out or omitted; complete.
• Company. An organization that sells goods or services in order to make money. 2 – The fact of being with a person or people, or the person or people you are with.
• Resume. If an activity resumes, or if you resume it, it starts again after a pause. 2 – Résumé. A short statement of the important details of something. 3 – Résumé. A short written description of your education, qualifications, previous jobs, and sometimes also your interests, that you sent to an employer when you are trying to get a job.
• Cover letter. A letter that contains information about the thing it is sent with. 2 – A cover letter is a short introduction to you that concisely communicates your interest in a job opportunity along with your top skills and relevant experience.
• Interview. A meeting in which someone asks you questions to see if you are suitable for a job or course. 2 – A meeting in which someone answers questions about himself or herself for a newspaper article, television show, etc.
• Career development. Refers to the process an individual may undergo to evolve their occupational status. It is the process of making long term learning, to align personal needs of physical and psychological fulfillment with career advancement opportunities.
• A career path can be defined as a series of jobs that lead you closer to your career goals and vision for life. Some people follow a linear path through one field, advancing into roles with more responsibility and higher salaries. Other shift companies, industries, or roles more frequently, and accumulate experience in various roles
• Appealing. Attractive or interesting.
• Overhiring is a term used to define instances where a company has strategically or mistakenly hired more employees than what is actually needed.
• Underestimate. A guess about the amount, cost, size, etc. of something that is less than the real amount, cost, etc. 2 – To think that something is less than or lower than it really is, or that someone is less strong or less effective. 3 – To fail to understand how strong, skillful, intelligent, or determined someone, especially a competitor is.
• Overestimate. To guess an amount that is too high or a size that is too big. 2 – To think that something is better or more important than it really is.
• Draft. A piece of text, a formal suggestion, or drawing in its original state, often containing the main ideas and intentions but not the developed form. 2 – A system to order people by law to join the armed forces. 3 – The depth of water needed for a boat in order to be able to float. 4 – To write the first version of a document, such as a letter, essay, or law, which may have details added, changed or corrected later. 5 – (of drinks such as beer) stored and served from large containers, especially barrels.
• Conscription. The act of process of forcing people by law to join the armed forces.
• Overworked. Having to work too much.
• Hypothesis. An idea or explanation for something that is been on known facts but has not yet been proved. 2 – An idea or explanation for something that might be true but has not yet been proved.
• Assumption. Something that you accept as true without question or proof. 2 – Something that you accept as true, although you have no proof.
• Theory. A formal statement of the rules on which a study or subject is based or ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion or explanation.
• Phenomenon. Something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual or interesting. The plural of phenomenon is phenomena. 2 – Someone of something that is extremely successful, often because of special qualities or abilities.
• Lie. To be in or move into a horizontal position on a surface. 2 – To say or write something that is not true in order to deceive someone. Something that you say and know is not true. 3 –
• Deceive. To persuade someone that something false is the truth, or keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage. 2 – To use dishonest or illegal methods to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not.
• Agreement. The situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or accept something. 2 – A decision or arrangement, often formal and written, between two or more groups of people.
• Operating Expenses. (OpEx) An expense that a business inccurs through its normal operations. Often abbreviated OpEx, operating expenses include rent, equipment, inventory costs, payroll, insurance, etc.
• Dichotomy. A difference between two completely opposite ideas or things. 2 – The division of two things that are completely different.
• Pinch. To press something, especially someone’s skin, strongly between two hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain. 2 – To steal something. 3 – A small amount of something, such as a powder, especially an amount that a person can hold between their first finger and thumb. 4 – To put uncomfortable pressure on. 5 – To use up or take away money, causing financial problems.
• Clairvoyance. The power of seeing things not able to be perceived by the normal senses (eg details about life after death)
• Crank. A device that creates movement between parts of a machine or that changes backward and forward movement into circular movement. 2 – A person who has strange, unusual ideas and beliefs.
• Diffident. Shy and not confident of your abilities.
• Juggernaut. A very large heavy truck. 2 – A very large and powerful company, organization or business.
• Vein. A tube that carries blood to the heart from others parts of the body. 2 – A narrow layer of a substance that forms in or fills cracks in rock. 3 – A particular quality or characteristic. 4 – A style or a temporary mood. 5 – A vein is also any of the many small tubes in the leaves of plants that carry sap (liquid containing a plant’s food)
• Artery. One of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to others parts of the body. 2 – An important road or railroad line.
• Ornery. Likely to get angry and argue with people.
• Toehold. A small hole or surface on a rock that is just big enough for a climber to put the end of his or her foot in or on. 2 – A strong first position from which progress can be made. 3 – A starting point in a job or other opportunity from which you can advance. 4 – An opportunity to start doing something small that may lead to bigger and better opportunities in the future.
• Canonical. Related to a rule, principle, or law, especially in the Christian church. 2 – Considered to be the best and most important, and worth studying.
• Citizen. A person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town or city. 2 – A citizen is a person who lives in a particular place.
• Undergo. To experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change. 2 – To experience something that is unpleasant or has a strong effect.
• Status. An accepted or official position, especially in a social group. 2 – The amount of respect, admiration, or importance given to a person, organization or object. 3 – Position or rank, especially in a social group or legal system. 4 – The situation at the present time. 5 – State or position at a particular time. 6 – On social media, a piece of information that you publish about yourself telling people what you are doing, thinking, etc. at a particular time.
• Fulfillment. A feeling of pleasure and satisfaction because you are happy with your life. 2 – The fact of doing something that is necessary or something that someone has wanted and promised to do. 3 – The fact of doing something that you have promised or intended to do.
• Collocation. A word or phrase that is often used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people that have spoken the language all their lives, but that might not be expected from the meaning. 2 – The combination of words formed when two or more words are often used together in a way that sounds correct. 3 – Collocation refers to how word go together or form fixed relationships.
• Scorecard. A small card for recording the score while watching or taking part in a game, race, or competition.

Most of those words have multiple definitions. I focused on the ones that interested me and most likely oversimplified some definitions to keep this piece short. Additionally, I borrowed most of the definitions from the Cambridge Dictionary.

What words did you find interesting? What word would you include if you performed the same exercise?