Author: Brenda Suero

gal·lant·ry  (noun)

Susan Glaspell, “A Jury of Her Peers”

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The new word in my glossary Gallantry means courageous behavior, especially in battle.  In the story the word was being used when it says “And yet,” said he, with the gallantry of a young politician. “for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?” My definition of that word was that it had to do relative to political.  But instead it has to do with courageous behavior as battling with something.

Zora Neale Hurston, “Sweat”

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The new word I would add to my glossary is suppression.  The word suppression means the action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication.  In the story, the sentence that uses the word suppression says “fifteen years of misery and suppression had brought Delia to the place where she would hope anything that looked towards a way over or through her wall of inhibitions.”  At first my reaction to this word was that it meant that she lived through so much misery with her husband after so much years, that she would feel as she would not see the light down the to tunnel.  But once I looked for the definition it actually means that is an action in which suppress to something as an activity.

Claire Cain Miller, “How to Raise a Feminist Son”

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The word I would like to add to my glossary is “Egalitarian” it means relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.  The sentences using the word egalitarian says “Men who were raised by employed moms are significantly more egalitarian in their gender attitudes,” said Kathleen McGinn, a professor at Harvard Business School.  What I thought this sentence was that men that are raised by their mom, they are less likely to act like a masculine.  Perhaps, they are raised to be more caring and have respect for women than other men would.

met·ro·sex·ual (noun)

Andrew Reiner, “Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honesty;”

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The word I would like to add to my glossary is “Metrosexual” it means a young, urban, heterosexual male with liberal political views, an interest in fashion, and a refined sense of taste.  The sentence that uses metrosexual says “despite the emergence of the metrosexual and an increase in stay-at-home dads, tough-guy stereotypes die hard.” In where I thought that it meant that are guys that try to show off and act very masculine.  But what I learned from the definition that those are the type of guys that act tough but in reality that is just a act they put to show off.

ob·strep·er·ous  (adjective)

Christina Hoff Sommers, “The Boys at the Back

The word “obstreperous” means noisy and difficult to control. This definition is from www. Dictionary.com.  I would like to add this word to my glossary because when I first read the sentence I did not know what that would meant.  After reading the definition, I can say that what that sentence meant was that boys cannot control themselves and cannot stay still.  In addition, this only occurs in a classroom as boys overact more than girls.  Saying that girls are mature then boys most times.

vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty (noun)

Andrew Reiner, “Talking to Boys the Way We Talk to Girls;” Claire Cain Miller

According to dictionary.com vulnerability means the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.  In the story that is ashamed that some men grow uneasy to take up on their offer.  As men do not own up to their actions.  In which, that is what I thought it meant, but the definition says otherwise.  After reading the definition, what that sentences meant was that is it vulnerability or mentally harmed that men does not acknowledge that the way they were raised, they do not own up to their actions they made.

/ˈdrirē/  (adjective)

Jessica Bennett, “A Master’s Degree in Masculinity”

In the essay, “A master’s degree in… masculinity?”  the word that I would like to add to my glossary is dreary.  It means feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement, from Merriam-Webster. The sentence say “On a dreary Wednesday, in an open classroom, the young men and women had volunteered to be there. Which the meaning on the definition of dreary  what that sentence is trying to initiate that those young people had no other choice but to be in a classroom that they not enthusiast to be inside. For example, I can relate to this word in many ways as for instance, in my Human Biology class, the professor takes the Two hours and twenty lecturing, therefore that class in very dreary.  But the very exciting moment, when we have the ten minutes break.

[reek] verb

 JL Williams, “The Ride” from the novel Legacies

In the story “The ride” by JL Williams, the word that caught my attention that I did not have no knowledge of the definition is ”reeking” (pg.409 chapter.6).  The sentence says “The man, reeking of urine and the conspicuous smell of the unwashed, was not a new occurrence to any of us on the subway car.  In my opinion I thought reeking meant like if the man was peeing on himself, therefore that is why view it as the writer describe the smell as an conspicuous smell.  But when I went to www.Dictionary.com it stated that reek means a strong, unpleasant smell.  It is explains how the writer said it was not a new occurrence to any of us on the subway car as that he is used to the unpleasant smell coming from a homeless in this case man.

/ˈdisəˌpādəd/ verb

Tahira Naqvi, “Brave We Are”

In the text ” Brave We Are” by Tahira Naqvi, the word I would love to know the meaning of is dissipated (verb). In my opinion I thought that dissipated meant to gain power.  But according to Macmillan Dictionary, the word dissipate means to gradually disappear by becoming less strong, or to make something do this.  Which means that opposite in which I thought it meant. Also, the sentences that the shows the word dissipate being used is ” Kasim is at the breakfast table now, some of his earlier energy dissipated.”  The sentence explains that the joy that Kasim represented previously had faded away.

/stər/ verb

Malcolm X, “Coming to an Awareness of Language”

According to dictionary.com, the word stir means to move one’s hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts.  But in the story, when I read the sentence with the word “stir” it did not match the definition.  Then I notice that the text has a vocabulary section and its definition says that stir is a slang for prison.  In addition, it does not mean to stir a coffee, its just a slang prisoner use among themselves. As I read the sentence again I understood better.