Monday, January 25, 2010
F block: Vocab words 51-64
Please post the word, the part of speech and the definition that is in line with that of the book. That means you should look at the word IN the book and find the single, solitary, only definition that works in the sentence from the book. And don't forget to include your name.
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Morass (noun): (figurative)-a complicated of confused situation
ReplyDelete"he didn't realize it, or had forgotten it in the way men lose their deepest convictions in the MORASS of their daily lives."-p.102
-Leigh
Adela
ReplyDeleteShunt: n. an act of pushing or shoving something
"They filled the night with the SHUNT and snort of their labour."
-p. 118
Caitlyn
ReplyDeleteGalling - adj. - chafing; irritating; vexing; exasperating
Olivia G.
ReplyDeleteBrooded (p. 101)-Verb-think deeply about something that makes one unhappy
sonya
ReplyDeletemelancholic: adjective.
affected by a gloomy or depressed state
"It was a scene of melancholic and intermittent activity, as if remnant of a herd of primeval, armour-plated beasts were kraaled here and their brute force trained into man's service." (page 118)
64. Rapacious- adj- given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
ReplyDelete-excessively grasping or covetous
Alison
Emily says...
ReplyDeleterespecter (noun)
a person who has a high regard for someone or something
Alex
ReplyDeletePrimeval
adjective
of or pertaining to the first age or ages, esp. of the world
E-Cool (Evy)
ReplyDeletepresentiment - (noun) - an intuitive feeling about the future, esp. one of foreboding
Hassan Gali
ReplyDelete# 51
–noun
1. the act of shaping into a particular figure
Olivia
ReplyDeleteRIVET (verb) - attract and completely engross
Lexy
ReplyDeleteIntermittent (Adj) - occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady