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Ethical

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Ethical: (adjective)Ā Ā Involving or expressing moral approval or disapproval.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethical

located in the back of (New York City College of Technology : English Department) in the last line of the bullet points.

“Formulate original ideas and relate them to the ideas of others by employing the conventions of ethical attribution and citation.”

While I was reading the objectives for the class I ran by this word and I’ve herd it in articles and speeches before but never truly understood the meaning. I tried using context clues to help me figure out the deeper meaning behind it but I couldn’t understand it fully even then. So I took to the dictionary to guide me on the understanding of the word. What I originally thought the meaning was before I looked it up was that of which is considered appropriate by a group. Now that I understand the word I can now broaden my horizon of understanding.

Prerequisite

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Prerequisite: (Adjective) something that is necessary to an end or to the carrying out of a function

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/roseneng1101f2017/wp-admin/post.php?post=137&action=edit

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prerequisite

“CUNY certification in reading and writing is the prerequisite for this course”. This word was located on the first page of the first paragraph of the “Location Writing” that was given on August 28, which was the first day of class.

When I was looking at the word prerequisite Ā I thought to myself that it was a big word. I really didn’t think hard to as what it meant so I just ignored it and continue to read the rest of the page. When I looked up the word for the definition it was pretty clear to me. That prerequisite meant something that is necessary. So when i plugged it in to the sentence I actually understood what the word meant. Not only did I understood what the word meant, I understood what the sentence was saying to me. Something that I should do next time I come across a word that is hard or challenging. I should continue to read the sentence and make a guess as to what the word may be and hopefully I understand the word better since it isn’t given to me easily.

Adequate

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Adequate (Adjective) : Ā sufficientĀ for a specific need or requirement

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adequate

“In order to give both me and your classmates adequate time to read and comment your writing, blogged material will be due the day prior to class, at a time to be determined.” (Guidelines for Blogging on the OpenLab; page 1, all the way toward the end of the page.)

When I was reading the paragraph, I was confused because of the word adequate. However I was able to use context clue to figure out half of the meaning, I wasn’t a hundred percent sure until I searched it up on the website. I think we will use this word frequently in the future but in alternative way of saying “enough”.