The Year of the MOOC Vocab

Versed means

• Having knowledge about something.
• To make something sure, certain or safe.
• To invent or plan (something that is difficult or complicated)
• present only in small amounts : less than necessary or normal

 Serendipity means

• present only in small amounts : less than necessary or normal
• To make something sure, certain or safe.
• Luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for
• To invent or plan (something that is difficult or complicated)

Blatant means

• Having knowledge about something.
• Very obvious and offensive.
• To invent or plan (something that is difficult or complicated)
• present only in small amounts : less than necessary or normal

Devise means

• Having knowledge about something.
• To make something sure, certain or safe.
• Luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for
• To invent or plan (something that is difficult or complicated)

Ensure means

• Having knowledge about something.
• To make something sure, certain or safe.
• present only in small amounts : less than necessary or normal
• To invent or plan (something that is difficult or complicated)

Because I can’t handle all my customer orders by telephone, I need to hire an engineer to ____________ an app for order processing.

• ensure
• devise
• serendipity
• versed

The city had a __________ population, but it was constantly filled with tourists, which gave it life.

• ensured
• blatant
• sparse
• quirky

It was _______________ in me to always use my turn signal while driving.

• blatant
• ingrained
• fervent
• Serendipitous 

When you meet the person who becomes your spouse because your train is late that day, this is an example of a _____________ event.

• serendipitous
• sereendipity

Jack’s ______________ love for Kelly encouraged him to tattoo her name on his back.

• serendipitious
• ensured
• fervent
• sparse