The Talent Code- Daniel Coyle
This week I read pages 1 to 90. And I am currently on a good path following my reading plan.
Hotbeds- (pg. 13) a bottomless, boxlike, usually glass-covered structure and the bed of earth it covers, heated typically by fermenting manure or electrical cables, for growing plants out of season.
Transcendent- (pg. 14) going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
Quintessential- (pg. 14) of the pure and essential essence of something.
Trifecta- (pg. 15) a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first three finishers in exact order.
Imperceptible- (pg. 17) very slight, gradual, or subtle.
Scaffold- (pg. 19) a temporary structure of holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
Prehensile- (pg. 22) adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something.
Charisma- (pg. 25) a spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people.
Cajoled- (pg. 25) to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax.
Myelin- (pg. 30) a soft, white, fatty material in the membrane of Schwann cells and certain neuroglial cells: the substance of the myelin sheath.
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