Of+Studies+Vocabulary

Post Directions: //The following words are drawn from an excerpt of Sir Francis Bacon's essay: "Of Studies"// Sloth s-LAW-Thh 2. a slow-moving mammal that uses its long claws to hang upside down from tree branches. Native to: Central, South America. Genera: Bradypus, Choloepus
 * Each entry contains the following seven parts: Word, pronunciation (sound link or phonetic spelling), full definition(s) + samples, sentence from passage, image and memory tip.**
 * Word:**
 * Pronunciation:**
 * All definitions:**
 * 1. Disinclination to action or labor: **
 * Sentence from Passage:**

“To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar.”
Image: People who practice sloth are moving slow. SLOth and SLOw. Get it?
 * Memory Tip**

__**Confute [ k uh n- fyoot ] **__

2. toprove  (a person) to be wrong by argument  or proof: to confute one'sopponent. 3. Obsolete. to bringtonaught;confound.
 * 1. to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument. **



From "Of Studies": Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

Memory tip: -fute is in refute -Mitch Styczynski

Word: Meaner Pronunciation: meen-`er Parts of Speech: Adjective

Definitions: 2. Having, showing, or requiring special skill 3. Characterized by malice 4. Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
 * 1.** **Marked by poverty befitting a beggar**

Sentence from passage: ”…but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books..” Image: Memory Tip: Generally things that are mean are crude; crude things are usually of poor quality just like the books described in “Of Studies”. Beggars who do not get any change are meaner than ones that do get change. -Michael Guo

Affectation afekˈtāSHən Noun
 * 1) **the act of taking on or displaying an attitude or mode of behavior not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt **


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">speech or conduct not natural to oneself : artificiality **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a striving after

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">“To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is //affectation//; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar.” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When someone is hospitalized with a serious medical affliction, their condition is no affectation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-Evan Allen