VCR Lesson 7
Claire Strickler
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Mark Cuban has been referred to as a _________________ due to Cuban being a highly successful and hardworking businessman.
Dynamo
n.
1. an electric generator
2. an extremely forceful, energetic, or hardworking person
Roots:
dunamis (G.) "power"
dunasthai (G.) "to be able," "to have strength"
Synonyms:
1. generator
2. achiever
Antonyms:
1. no direct antonyms
2. slacker
the first definition
Dynamo can refer to an electric generator. It is shortened from the dynamo-electric machine, which was an invention in the late 1800s.
It helps to also think of a person that is a dynamo like a generator. A person who is a dynamo has a lot of energy and is hardworking.
Practice
Name the sentence which uses dynamo incorrectly.
- The dynamo helped generate electric power.
- A person who is a dynamo often has a rags-to-riches life story.
- The dynamo was lit with a fuse, and several seconds later the wall of rock exploded.
- When the power went out, Jim used a dynamo to generate electricity for his house.