Feign- To represent Fictioulsy put on an appearance of
Source Sentence- The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages, its tone jumping from self pity to anger to irony to guilt to a kind of feinged indifference. (pg156)
Salvaged-The act of saving a ship or it's cargo
"I tried to salvage all the parts from the wreckage of the ship"
It is common sense to know this.
Altercation- A heated or angry dispute; Noisy arguement or controversy
During my time at dominoes pizza i had many Altercations with customers because of how rude they are.
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Vocabulary
1) stooge- (noun) one who plays a subordinate or compliant role to a principal
Was Ho Chi Minh a communist stooge, or a nationalist savior, or both, or neither? (pg.40)
The student felt like a stooge in the classroom.
Your logic, I based this on "The Three Stooges" and how they act.
2) schizophrenia- (noun) a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought (hallucinations and delusions) and conduct
It was a kind of schizophrenia. (pg. 44)
The man at the grocery store had schizophrenia.
Your logic, found based on watching movies with people that are schizophrenic.
3) bewilderment- (noun) the quality or state of being bewildered
The emotions went from outrage to terror to bewilderment to guilt to sorrow and then back again to outrage. (pg. 46)
The families feeling of the situation turned into a bewilderment feeling.
Example, found based on reading the original sentence that the word was found in and learning what the word meant from there.
Was Ho Chi Minh a communist stooge, or a nationalist savior, or both, or neither? (pg.40)
The student felt like a stooge in the classroom.
Your logic, I based this on "The Three Stooges" and how they act.
2) schizophrenia- (noun) a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought (hallucinations and delusions) and conduct
It was a kind of schizophrenia. (pg. 44)
The man at the grocery store had schizophrenia.
Your logic, found based on watching movies with people that are schizophrenic.
3) bewilderment- (noun) the quality or state of being bewildered
The emotions went from outrage to terror to bewilderment to guilt to sorrow and then back again to outrage. (pg. 46)
The families feeling of the situation turned into a bewilderment feeling.
Example, found based on reading the original sentence that the word was found in and learning what the word meant from there.
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