Word - Unfurled Pg.28
Magazine Sentence - "A "tiny number" of people representing the forces of "separatism, terrorism and extremism" unfurled a "splittist" banner in the bazaar, one site said."
Context Clue - The context clues are the synonyms within this sentece which are splittist and separtism. Both of these words mean to spread away from the grain.
My sentece - When the riot broke out, all the patrons that were shopping in the mall ran unfurling to destinations of satey.
Word - Petulant Pg.28
Magzine Sentence - "In recent weeks China has been acting less like a budding superpower than a tin-pot dictatorship-petulant, preachy, defiant."
Context Clue - The context clues in the sentence is the beginning the sentence says that "in the recent weeks" and petulant means to happen suddenly. This show that prior to these past few weeks that things on their side were not at an irritable stance.
My Sentence - When I was younger a normal response to any type of question my mother would have would be to petulantly roll my eyes and respond with "I don't know".
Word - Ire Pg. 28
Magazine Sentence - "If China craves international legitimacy, the regime fears the nationalist ire of the people even more."
Context Clue - The context clues come from the general sense of the sentence. It implies that they fear somthing that the people are doing, and with all this going on the reader can draw the conclusion that the people are angry.
My Sentence - The other day when my boyfriend and I were talking, he began to remind me of my ex-boyfriend...this filled my whole being with heated ire.
Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts
Monday, April 21, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Scions of the Surge
1.Word - privations Pg.28
Magazine Sentence - "He became a squared-away soldier, demanding of his troops yet
sleeping and eating with them , and sharing their privations and dangers."
Context Clue - In this sentence what I was able to draw from the text was that it
was not a good thing. The word dangers is what lead me to believe that. Also if you are sharing your area with many other people than you are lacking the normal comforts of life that you once had.
Sentence - I recently donated money to help buy shoes for the privations that the children in Kenya are experiencing.
Defintion - Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life.
2. Word - precipitously Pg.30
Magazine Sentence - "While it's too soon to say Iraq has turned the corner, the violence in Baghdad and most of the country has since declined precipitously."
Context Clue - The context clue within in this sentence is the antonym of percipitously which is declined.
Sentence - Mount Everest is extremely precipitously, some experienced climbers are not able to endure the incline.
Definition - extremely or impassably steep.
3. Word - ascendant Pg.32
Magazine Sentence - "In Bayaa, the Shiite Mahdi Army, loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, was ascendant."
Context Clue - The context clues within this sentence rely on the little baground information that I do have...and that would be that anyone one of a ranking from this area has a reputation to be nasty and forceful, but also is highly respected sometimes to the point of violence.
Sentence - Being ascentdant sounds as if these men in those seats of power have gotten there by enforcing their own beliefs and ways of conquering others.
Definiton - a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence.
Magazine Sentence - "He became a squared-away soldier, demanding of his troops yet
sleeping and eating with them , and sharing their privations and dangers."
Context Clue - In this sentence what I was able to draw from the text was that it
was not a good thing. The word dangers is what lead me to believe that. Also if you are sharing your area with many other people than you are lacking the normal comforts of life that you once had.
Sentence - I recently donated money to help buy shoes for the privations that the children in Kenya are experiencing.
Defintion - Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life.
2. Word - precipitously Pg.30
Magazine Sentence - "While it's too soon to say Iraq has turned the corner, the violence in Baghdad and most of the country has since declined precipitously."
Context Clue - The context clue within in this sentence is the antonym of percipitously which is declined.
Sentence - Mount Everest is extremely precipitously, some experienced climbers are not able to endure the incline.
Definition - extremely or impassably steep.
3. Word - ascendant Pg.32
Magazine Sentence - "In Bayaa, the Shiite Mahdi Army, loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, was ascendant."
Context Clue - The context clues within this sentence rely on the little baground information that I do have...and that would be that anyone one of a ranking from this area has a reputation to be nasty and forceful, but also is highly respected sometimes to the point of violence.
Sentence - Being ascentdant sounds as if these men in those seats of power have gotten there by enforcing their own beliefs and ways of conquering others.
Definiton - a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Newsweek What Woman Want: Gender, Class, and Hillary
Word - Kevlar - Page 30
Context Clues - When I read the sentence the clues within the article that allowed me to understand what the author was getting at were: wearing and top, both of these words sandwhiched the vocabulary word, making it known that it was a kind of clothing.
Sentence - Recently, after learning what a Kevlar top was I was able to identify one at a department store.
Word - Rorschach Test - Page 34
Context Clues - From reading this sentence I knew that it had something to do with some kind of test as it was labeled in the vocabulary word. Also it spoke about emotions which lead me to think that they must be involved.
Sentence - I have heard of the Rorschach Test, but I never knew the accurate name by which professionals call it.
Word - haranguing - Page 33
Context Clues - Within this sentence the context clues that were available were: scolding by my mother. Not each individual may of been scolding, but for the ones that weren't I do believe most of us have at least heard a story or new someone who had been. This helped me to draw the conclusion that it was not a good thing.
Sentence - During my adolescence my grandfather gave me many haranguing talks, which now not only do I look back with fondness but I actually miss.
Context Clues - When I read the sentence the clues within the article that allowed me to understand what the author was getting at were: wearing and top, both of these words sandwhiched the vocabulary word, making it known that it was a kind of clothing.
Sentence - Recently, after learning what a Kevlar top was I was able to identify one at a department store.
Word - Rorschach Test - Page 34
Context Clues - From reading this sentence I knew that it had something to do with some kind of test as it was labeled in the vocabulary word. Also it spoke about emotions which lead me to think that they must be involved.
Sentence - I have heard of the Rorschach Test, but I never knew the accurate name by which professionals call it.
Word - haranguing - Page 33
Context Clues - Within this sentence the context clues that were available were: scolding by my mother. Not each individual may of been scolding, but for the ones that weren't I do believe most of us have at least heard a story or new someone who had been. This helped me to draw the conclusion that it was not a good thing.
Sentence - During my adolescence my grandfather gave me many haranguing talks, which now not only do I look back with fondness but I actually miss.
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