Author: Miguel Liu Li

Embellish(verb)

According to the dictionary”Marriam Webster “The word Embellish mean”to make beautiful with ornamentation”.

On the class we learn the article “Brave we Are” by Tahira Naqvi, which is about a immigrant women in the U.S,based on the quote page377″Today I’am making spaghetti the way my mother makes it in Lahore, like pulao, the way I used to make it after I got married and was just learning to cook husband who had selective food . That was about the only thing I could make then so I worked hard to embellish and innovate.”

In this quote the word “embellish” help me to have more understanding that, when she got married she just learn cooking to her husband and she want make the food more beautiful, and make it something different. that’s why she worked so hard for.

Puberty(noun)

According to the dictionary “Mercian Webster”, the word puberty defines as” the age at which puberty occurs often constructed legally as 14 in boys and 12 in girls “.

On September ,6 ,2018, we study the text” the turbid ebb and flow of misery “ by Margaret Sanger, based on the quote” little girl were accustomed to dressing and undressing front of the men, and were often violated , occasionally by their own father and brother, before they reached the age of puberty.”

In this quote the word puberty help me to understand that their men are forcing to the girl age less than 12 to take out their dressing or dressing On front of them, and this mostly done by their father and brother.

Frustrated (Adjective)

According to the Dictionary “Merriam-Webster”, the word Frustrated defines as “feeling discouragement, anger”.

On August,30,2018, We study the text”Coming to an awareness of language” by Malcon X, base on the quote”I became increasingly frustrated at not being able to express what I wanted to convey in letters that I wrote, especially those to Mr.Elijah Muhammad”.

In this quote, the word frustrated help me to understand that he feels disappointed in something that he missing to wrote in the letter special to Elijah Muhammad.