Category Archives: Glossary

Locavore

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Locavore: one who eats foods grown locally whenever possible

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locavore?show=0&t=1387245850

“After the recession, laid-off workers and college graduates looking for new and innovative jobs turned to the industry as a way to capitalize on the locavore food movement.” from Gotham farmers sprout cash crops by Adrianne Pasquarelli

I now understand the usage of the word Locavore because the quote uses it to describe the type of people that is of the latest trend of eating anything that’s grown locally.

Misanthrope

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Misanthrope: Noun

Definition: a person who does not like other people

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misanthrope

In the article ” The Happiest and Saddest Places in NYC, According to Twitter” by Brian Merchant he states ” I can attest that each is capable of turning the gentlest romantic into a misanthrope.”

Now that I understand the word I know now the proper word to describe myself.

Fallacy

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Fallacy: Noun

Definition:  a wrong belief : a false or mistaken idea.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallacy

I heard this word while I was in class in professor Davis class. He was teaching the  class different fallacies there is in public speaking.

Now that I understand what a fallacy is I know that while giving a speech you should avoid fallacies which means to avoid giving your audience a mistaken idea.

Fallacy

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noun.

Definition: a wrong belief : a false or mistaken idea.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallacy

I heard this word during speech class while discussing a chapter.

I now understand what that using fallacies in your speech would be mistaking your audience.

 

Arbiters

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Arbiters – a person who is considered to be an authority on what is good

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arbiters

‘ One of the arbiters of the international use of English, seems to be giving round. ‘

It’s saying that a good person was going around and was using English worldwide.

Gluttonous

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adjective.

Definition: greedy or excessive indulgence.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gluttonous?show=0&t=1387315733

I came across this word in the reading “The brooklyn Bridge” by Philip Lopate. passage 20, page 267, paragraph #1

I now understand that the person saw the brooklyn bridge with excessive indulgence.

 

Enumerate

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transitive verb.

Definition: to specify one after another.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enumerating

I came across this word while reading “Who Knows Brooklyn?” by Ben McGrath, in paragraph #1

I now understand that the author was explaining how there were numerous mistakes.

Linguists

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Linguists – a person who speaks several languages

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linguists

” Texting also according to linguists has 3 characteristics — …..”

It’s saying that people who speak different languages know that their are different ways of talking.

 

Omnipresent

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Adjective.

Definition: present in all places at all times.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omnipresent?show=0&t=1387315292

I came across this word while reading “The Brooklyn Bridge” by Philip Lopate. Passage 20, page 264, paragraph #1

I now understand that the author is explaining how something is present at all times in our imaginations.

Posterity

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noun.

Definition: all future generations.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posterity

I came across this word while reading “The brooklyn Bridge” by Philip Lopate. Passage 20, page 265, paragraph 1

I now understand that Lopate was relating the Brooklyn Bridge to all future generations.