Ludicrous: adjective
Definition: amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ludicrously
I found this word from a article “A literary Strolls in From the Airport” by Charles Mcgrath.
Now, I understood this word: the word is used to describe a thing or mood very exaggerated, not normal.
Morbidly: Adjective
Definition: abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morbidly
I found this word from a article “ The Boston Photographs ” this word in the article means that a bad mood in a place. It used personification to describe the social negativity phenomenon.
Now, I understood this word: It can use in two different situations. One is description a person is sick. On the other side it describe the social spirit.
Juxtaposition: noun
Definition: the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side; also : the state of being so placed.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juxtaposition
I found this word from my project#2 overlapping New York direction handout. This word is very important in my project#2 because I Need to use this word to describe the location.
Now, I understand this word: In the same place with different angle to observe, it will have different feel this is called juxtaposition.
Converge: Verb
Definition: To move toward one point and join together : to come together and meet.
Source form http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/converge
I think I can encountered this word when I want to meet my friend at some where. I also knew this word from my science class. For example, “Everything that rises must converge.” by – Flannery O’Connor
Now I am understand this word from the passage, Even from age of Renaissance people can even express them self with art and illustration, they can see the meeting point of our view to the vanishing point of the deeper meaning of the art. Its a comparison of the distance and how much we understand.
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