Beginner English Listening: Daily Breakfast Reading Practice

noun

1. an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

e.g. his writing conveys great energy
a remarkable muscularity of style

Synonym: muscularityvigorvigourvim

2. enterprising or ambitious drive

e.g. Europeans often laugh at American energy

Synonym: pushget-up-and-go

3. forceful exertion

e.g. he plays tennis with great energy
he's full of zip

Synonym: vigorvigourzip

4. any source of usable power

e.g. the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy

5. (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work
the units of energy are joules or ergs

e.g. energy can take a wide variety of forms

Synonym: free energy

6. a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

e.g. jogging works off my excess energy
he seemed full of vim and vigor

Synonym: vimvitality

adj

1. greatly pleasing or entertaining

e.g. a delightful surprise
the comedy was delightful
a delicious joke

Synonym: delightful

2. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Synonym: delectablelusciouspleasant-tastingscrumptioustoothsomeyummy