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vocab list #6

*OBSEQUIOUS: obedient

*beatitude: exalted happiness

*bete noire: a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded

*bode:To be an omen of; portend

*dank:unpleasantly moist or humid; damp, and often chilly

*ecumenical:General; universal

*fervid:Burning; glowing; intensely hot

*fetid:Having an offensive odor; stinking

*gargantuan:Gigantic; enormous; colossal

*heyday:The stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.

*incubus:a demon; a nightmare

*infrastructure:Basic framework of features of a system or organization.

*inveigle:to lure by flattery.

*kudos:Honor; glory

*lagniappe:A tip

*prolix:Extend to great lengths; long and wordy

*protege:someone who is under the care of someone else who is in the practice they are into

*prototype:something that is based on an original model

*sycophant:A self seeking flatterer; parasite

*tautology:Repetition of an idea, in words.

*truckle:To yield obsequiously.

Vocab list #5

*acumen: keen insight; shrewdness--That was great ACUMEN in this problem we are facing. 

*adjudicate:To settle or determine and issue judicially--We need to ADJUDICATE this issue right away.

*anachronism:Something or someone that is not in correct historical or chronological time--The bow and arrow is an ANACHRONISM to modern day war. 

 

*apocryphal:Of doubtful authorship or authenticity--The man told an APOCRYPHAL story that was later proven wrong.

*disparity:Lack of similarity or equality--Every person has a DISPARITY in the time and date they were born.

*dissimulate: to disguise or conceal under false appearance--My friend DISSIMULATE(ed) my beliefs. 

*empirical:Depending on personal experiences or other stories (no facts)--The polotition couldn't back up his statements because he shared EMPIRICAL stories.

*flamboyant:strikingly bold or brilliant--The FLAMBOYANT object at the beach caught everyone's eyes.

*fulsome:offensive to good taste--This main course is FULSOME.

*immolate:to sacrifice--We chose the lamb to IMMOLATE for the Lord. 

*imperceptible:Very slight; not perceptible--The note was IMPERCEPTIBLE and hard to read.

*lackey:A servile follower; toady.

*liaison:Communication between units of the armed forces to make sure things are going well--The captain LIAISON(ed) with the leutenit about their next attack.

*monolithic:Consisting of one piece--The stone was MONOLITHIC.  

*mot juste:the appropriate word or expression--That was a MOT JUSTE for this time and place.

*nihilism:Total rejection of established laws and institutions--We proposed our ideas to the board but they NIHILISM(ed) it.

*patrician: a person of noble or high rank--The PATRICIAN walked right past the poor man and didn't even acknowledge him.

*propitiate:appease--to get the president to like you you need to PROPITIATE and suck up to him.

*sic: to attack--The man told his dog to SIC the bad guys.

*sublimate:to make nobler and purer--We need to SUBLIMATE this generation. 

Hero: Iron Man

My favorite hero would have to be iron man (Tony Stark). He was on top of the world with his business. He was a very intelligent and wealthy man. He has a co-worker named Obadiah, who got greedy and was selling weapons that are just to be given to the US, sold weapons to the bad guys and he planed to kill Tony but it failed. He built the iron armor and escaped his prison cell where he was had to build weapons for them. Then he ended up having to fight Obadiah and he had help from his assistant Pepper. He defeats Obadiah and him and Pepper end up together.

This hero story in no different than any other one. They have a villain: co-worker Obadiah and the girl: his assistant Pepper. He also had a conflict which was resolved by him. And everything after that went well.

Vocab. List #4

*apostate:A person who forsakes his religion.

*effusive: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve.

*impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.

*euphoria: a state of intense happiness and self-confidence.

*lugubrious: mournful ; to mourn

*bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.

*consensus: majority of opinion.

*dichotomy: division into two parts, kinds, etc.

*constrict: to draw or press in; cause to contact or shrink. 

*gothic: a style of architecture, paintings, music. Pertaining to the middle ages. Medieval 

*punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.

*metamorphosis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance.

*raconteur: a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.

*sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor.

*quixotic: romantic; visionary, impractical; impulsive and often unpredictable.

*vendetta: a prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like.

*non sequitur: a statement containing an illogical conclusion. 

*mystique: an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation or pursuit.

*quagmire: anything soft or flabby.

*parlous: dangerous; clever, shrewd.

1st Lit. Anal.

I will read The Color Purple by Alice Walker for my first literary analysis of the year. I was scrolling through the list and the name made me want to know what it was about, so that is why I thought about reading this book.