Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: A person who does not like other people
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misanthrope
Encountered: In the article “The Happiest and Saddest Places in New York City, According to Twitter” by Brian Merchant. “…I can attest that each is capable of turning the gentlest romantic into a misanthrope.”
Understanding: It helps me understand that you will be very sad by visiting these spots.
Noun
Definition: a small round cap that is worn by some Jewish men
I found it on the 3rd page of “A Literary Visitor Strolls in From the Airport.”
I had no idea what those caps were called. This is a completely new revelation to me.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yarmulke
Part of speech: Verb
Definition: Accumulate, Gather or collect information
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%20amassing
I found this word while reading Who knows Brooklyn :
“I think he might have felt upstaged, because I was amassing this huge photo collection and he wasn’t doing that much.”
Now that I know what ammasing is i think he meant to say collect huge photo collection.
incursions: a sudden attack
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incursions
” protected from alien incursions”
purists: a person who has very strong ideas
” texting shorthand Annoys purists”
It’s saying that people who don’t use big words a lot annoys others who uses big words.
luminaries : A traditional Mexican Lantern
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/luminaria
‘ Attempted and failed by Luminaries…”
trough ; a long low area between waves and hills
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trough
‘ No more rough, trough, thought, through…..”
The way it is spelled they are using it in a short word form.
realignment : to change the position or direction
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/realignment
‘ The realignment of spelling with a sound ‘
Changing the position of the way it is spelled.
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: Moral integrity
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rectitude
Encountered: In the article “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien. “If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted, or if you feel that some small bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, then you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie.”
Understanding: I understand him saying that there is nothing morally correct about a true war story.
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: Harmony
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concord
Encountered: In the article “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien. “In the midst of evil you want to be a good man. You want decency. You want justice and courtesy and human concord.”
Understanding: I understand what he’s explaining a soldier wants after a violent firefight. He has a new view on life, a immense pleasure of aliveness, and hopes for harmony.
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