Vocab 1
complete agreement within a group (n)
consensus (n)
unable to escape (adj)
trapped (adj)
The noisy students in the library were _____________ (adj), but I was able to finish my assignment anyway.
annoying (adj)
What food did Percy Spencer use to test if the melted chocolate bar was a fluke?
popcorn
What street did Daniele dislike because it was full of cars?
Massachusetts Avenue
importance (n)
significance (n)
an alternate route (n)
detour (n)
The project took a long time, but we _____________ (adv) finished it.
eventually (adv)
What is the gift of finding valuable things not originally sought for? (happy accidents)
serendipity (n)
How much time was he saving on his commute using a traditional efficiency focused map app?
1 minute
natural ability (n)
talent (n)
pay attention to smt. (v)
focus on smt. (v)
Engineers are _________ ____ (adj) looking at a problem from different perspectives.
capable of (adj)
What percent of adults are capable of divergent thinking?
2%
Lived = Boston
Worked = Cambridge
ignore distractions (v)
tune out (v)
lose or take away an opportunity (v)
rob sb. of smt.
People often feel a sense of ______ (n) after they have done something stupid or wrong.
shame (n)
What machine melted the chocolate in Percy Spencer's pocket?
a Magnetron
Where did Daniele Quercia get his PhD?
London
appear (v)
emerge (v)
paradigm shift (n)
game-changer (n)
There is not enough data to make a __________ (adj) conclusion.
definitive (adj)
How tall was the first microwave?
six feet
What confession did Daniele Quercia make at the beginning of his TED Talk?