Month: November 2018

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, truculently is defined as aggressively self-assertive. In the reading “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, the word appears on the first page in paragraph 7 as stated, “He picked up the whip and glared down at her. Delia went on with her work. She went out into the yard and returned with a galvanized tub and set it on the washbench. She saw that Sykes had kicked all of the clothes together again, and now stood in her way truculently, his whole manner hoping, praying, for an argument. But she walked calmly around him and commenced to re-sort the things”. Now knowing what this word means, the author is saying that Sykes stood in Delia’s way aggressively, in an authoritarian way in show of power over her.

After reading the article “How to rise a feminist son” by Claire Miller I came to the sentences that says “Men who were raised by employed moms are significantly more egalitarian in their gender attitudes,” the word “egalitarian” popped up and I was of course curious to find out what it meant. At first I thought that it meant something to do with being fancy but turns out according to Merriam Webster it means ” asserting, promoting, or marked”. this was really weird and not what I aspected. I I can safely used this word without looking dumb in front of people.

After reading “teaching men to be emotional honest” I came across a world that I didn’t remember what it meant the world was “ubiquitous”, I was very curious I wanna to find out. According to Merriam Webster it means “existing or being everywhere at the same time” which a bit confusing at first but later it clicked and now it make a lot of sense. Now with the word finally in my head I feel better knowing what it is.

 

The word quarrel means an argument or disagreement, typically between two people who are usually on good terms according to the dictionary. The word quarrel is found in the story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston on the bottom of page 277 when it states, “Delia was glad she did not have to quarrel before she hitched up her pony and drove four miles to Woodbridge.” Now knowing the definition of the word, I know that the author was saying that Delia was glad she didn’t have to get into an argument with someone, probably her husband, before leaving on her pony to Woodbridge.

Concealed: to keep from sight (adjective)

This is the meaning of the word concealed according to Dictionary.com. I saw this word when I was reading A Jury Of Her Peers again the day after black friday. I saw it in the sentence that said “Mrs. Hale’s hand was on the sewing basket in which the box was concealed. She was hiding the evidence from the police who was investigating. She was making sure the police didn’t see the box which could’ve been used as evidence.

Scimitars (noun): a saber having a curved blade with the edge on the convex side and used chiefly by Arabs and Turks.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary (online).

“One day as Delia came down the kitchen steps she saw his chalky-white fangs curved like scimitars hung in the wire meshes.” As the snake is living in Delia’s house, Zora N. Hurston describes the snakes fangs like curved swords. Delia fears snakes, even small earth worms. But as this snake live in her house, she learns to fear him (or her) less. Hurston continues by saying that Delia no longer run away wide-eyed. I like how Hurston uses curved blades from a sword to describe a snakes fangs. It really helps build the scary image Delia sees in a snake.

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Gallantry (noun): an act of marked courtesy, courteous attention to a lady.

According to Merriam-Webster the definition of gallantry is an act of marked courtesy, courteous attention to a lady. I encountered this word in the story, “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell. On page 154, it states, “And yet, said he, with the gallantry of a young politician. “for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?””. When I encountered this word I was unsure of its meaning. I assumed gallantry meant talking mistreating or rude to the ladies because most of the men encounters within the story, they laugh at the women. They make a mockery of the way women are able to unfold the murder of Mr.Wright and continuously dismiss them. I see the meaning more clearly because the county attorney was showing signs of manner in this case because he was acting a politician. It would be improper in that formality to talk unkind to the women because of his future. He recognized the women, but, she still did not speak because in that time it was difficult for them to say what they were really thinking. The country attorney was with gallantry as a mark for courtesy.

Ventured: An undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one(noun)

While reading “A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell, I came across the word ventured, which seemed unfamiliar to me so I chose it for this week. Before looking further into what ventured meant, I used context clues to guess the definition, the author states “The country’s not very pleasant this time of year,” Mrs. Peters at last ventured, as if she felt they ought to be talking as well as the men”, I than concluded that ventured meant something that was unpleasant, but when I looked it up, it meant more than unpleasant, it also meant involving a risky or dangerous outcome. I now know how to use this word in future context.

stoic(noun)

According to the dictionary William Webster the word stoic mean”One apparently or professedly indiffirent to pleasure or pain”

This word appear in the article that we learn “What Feminists Can Do For Boys” By Jessica Valenti, “Feminist  ideas can help men – be it the rejection of expectations that men be strong and stoic or ending the silence around male of sexual violence.”

After I understood the meaning of stoic, I will be able to understand the meaning of the sentence, which mean Female can help men be against the strong and pain that men have and to end the sexual violence.