Piqued? The verb pique means to make someone angry or annoyed. But when something piques your interest or curiosity, like LENR, the verb pique just means to arouse, stimulate, or excite. Both the noun and verb are pronounced “pēk” and were borrowed from a French word meaning “a prick, irritation,” from Old French, from piquer “to prick.” So you can see how something that pricks you could make you both excited and angry. Keystone, Fracking. Fukashima… Why when we have LENR energy at hand? Enough to make you want to storm away from our present energy policies. That storming away, by the by, might be called a “fit of pique.” CHOOSE YOUR WORDS peak/peek/pique Let’s look at three homophones: peak, peek, and pique. Peak is a topmost point, such as a mountain peak, or to reach that point (finally) We’ve had a recent peak in LENR interest. A peek is a glance or a quick look, like you can do with all these Forbes article links. It’s frequently paired with sneak, which can lead you to use the incorrect peak; like carbon and U238 energy futures. If LENR doesn’t pique your interest, what will? Take a peek at this, it’s the very peak of this vocabulary presentation. Here’s your mnemonic device: You have to reach to gain the peak. If you peer at something, you are peeking. And if you’re piqued about something, there’s usually a question in your mind. washingtonpost/business/economy/what-energy-sources-offer-the-most-promise-for-the-us/64c17cf4-c96f-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_topic.html
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:38:32 +0000
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