Adroit: expert or noble in use of hands or body
Amicable: characterized by goodwill.
Averse: strong feeling of opposition.
Belligerent: warlike.
Benevolent: kindly feelings
Cursory: rapidly over something
Duplicity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct
Extol: to praise highly
Feasible: capable of being done
Grimace: facial expressions
Holocaust: complete devastation or destruction
Impervious: not permitting penetration
Impetus: a moving force
Jeopardy: hazard or risk to exposure to loss
Meticulous: showing extreme care about minute details
Nostalgia: wistful desire to return in thought
Quintessence: pure concentrated essence
Retrogress: go backward to earlier/worse conditions
Scrutinize: examine in detail
Tepid: moderately warm
HEY! ! ! Welcome to my blog! My name is Maria Luna. Here, I will be posting things from my expository composition and my AP English class. I am a firm believer of the saying "It's not what you say but how you say it." With that in mind, feel free to comment or add to the posts in here.
Monday, September 16, 2013
VOCAB #5 (AP English)
1) Obsequious: (adj) obedient; dutiful; fawning
2) Beatitude: (n) exalted happiness
3) Bete Noire: (n) a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads
4) Bode: (v) to be an omen of
5) Dank: (adj) unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly
6) Ecumenical: (adj) general; universal: promoting Christian unity throughout the world
7) Fervid: (adj) heated in spirit, enthusiasm; intensely hot, burning
8) Fetid: (adj) having an offensive odor; stinking
9) Gargantuan: (adj) gigantic, enormous
10) Heyday: (n) the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime
11) Incubus: (n) a nightmare
12) Infrastructure: (n) the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organisation
13) Inveigle:(v) to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk; to acquire by beguiling talk or methods
14) Kudos: (n) honor, glory, acclaim
15) Lagniappe: (n) tip, bonus, gratuity
16) Prolix: (adj) extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy
17) Protege: (n) a person under the care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
18) Prototype: (n) the original or model on which something is based on for formed; someone who serves to illustrate the typical qualities of something.
19) Sycophant: (n) a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
20) Tautology: (n) needless repetition of an idea
21) Truckle: (v) to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely
2) Beatitude: (n) exalted happiness
3) Bete Noire: (n) a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads
4) Bode: (v) to be an omen of
5) Dank: (adj) unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly
6) Ecumenical: (adj) general; universal: promoting Christian unity throughout the world
7) Fervid: (adj) heated in spirit, enthusiasm; intensely hot, burning
8) Fetid: (adj) having an offensive odor; stinking
9) Gargantuan: (adj) gigantic, enormous
10) Heyday: (n) the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime
11) Incubus: (n) a nightmare
12) Infrastructure: (n) the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organisation
13) Inveigle:(v) to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk; to acquire by beguiling talk or methods
14) Kudos: (n) honor, glory, acclaim
15) Lagniappe: (n) tip, bonus, gratuity
16) Prolix: (adj) extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy
17) Protege: (n) a person under the care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
18) Prototype: (n) the original or model on which something is based on for formed; someone who serves to illustrate the typical qualities of something.
19) Sycophant: (n) a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
20) Tautology: (n) needless repetition of an idea
21) Truckle: (v) to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely
DECLARATION OF LEARNING INDEPENDENCE (AP English & Expository Composition)
I sort of copied this entry from my August 27th journal topic. I changed some things but its kind of the same.
My big question is how can world peace be achieved by using language? And Why can't ALL humans cooperate with each other and make the Earth a better planet to live in? without any violence, corruption, or misery? This year, my goal is to become fluent in ASL or began learning a bit of Korean or Arabic. In order to do that, I am planing on making at least 20 minutes per week to learn a new sign or word.
NO CHILD LEFT UNTABLETED (Expository Composition)
I think that having technology in the class room is a good idea as long as the students and teachers know how to use it with a purpose. For example, this class is more technological-dependent that other classes but is not as much as other classes in college. In the article, I really liked this quote: "Entrepreneurs sound boldly unconventional when they talk about disrupting an industry, but they also sound as if they’re willing to break something in order to fix it — or just to profit from it." I think that that quote shows the sad reality of business today that don't care about the consumers but only about the numbers.
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