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.
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: The unusual attitude, mood, or behavior of a person or animal
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temperament?show=0&t=1387337342
Encountered: In the article “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien. “It’s always a woman. Usually it’s an older woman of kindly temperament and humane politics.”
Understanding: I understand what the word means and the type of women that may like his story.
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: A usually artificial lake that is used to store a large supply of water for use in people’s homes, in businesses, etc.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reservoir
Encountered: In the article “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead. “That Bryant Park used to be a reservoir”
Understanding: I understand what Bryant Park used to be and Whitehead’s point about everyone has their own New York.
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