VCR Lesson 7
Anna Mattapallil
Fill in the Blank
When the electricity went out, the ________ kicked in to provide power in the house.
Dynamo
1. (n) an electric generator
2. (n) an extremely forceful, energetic, or hardworking person.
2. (n) an extremely forceful, energetic, or hardworking person.
Alternate forms
Plural - Dynamos
Roots
Dunamis - G (power)
Dunasthai - G (to be able; to have strength)
Dunasthai - G (to be able; to have strength)
Synonyms
1. alternator
generator
2. fireball
achiever
hard-worker
informal: eager beaver, go getter, hot shot, busy bee, ball of fire, ambitious person, man of action, pistol, live wire
generator
2. fireball
achiever
hard-worker
informal: eager beaver, go getter, hot shot, busy bee, ball of fire, ambitious person, man of action, pistol, live wire
Antonyms
1. -
2. dawdler
idler
lounger
trifler
deadbeat
couch potato
slug
lazy bones
dallier
stick-in-the-mud
slug
2. dawdler
idler
lounger
trifler
deadbeat
couch potato
slug
lazy bones
dallier
stick-in-the-mud
slug
Difference between a dynamo and an alternator
Any device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy using electromagnetic induction is a generator. Both dynamos and alternators are generator, but the former uses DC, direct current, while alternators use AC, alternating current. Also, dynamos aren't really used anymore.
Choose the sentence where the word is used incorrectly.
a. The student, a dynamo, was captain of the soccer team, student body president, and valedictorian of her class.
b. Dynamos set the stage for the invention of today's electric generator.
c. Because she was a dynamo at the office, she received a promotion and a pay raise.
d. The excavator lit the dynamo, watched it explode, and turned the bolder into rubble.
b. Dynamos set the stage for the invention of today's electric generator.
c. Because she was a dynamo at the office, she received a promotion and a pay raise.
d. The excavator lit the dynamo, watched it explode, and turned the bolder into rubble.
The right answer is...
D. I'm referring to dynamite here.