Category: Entry 2

sul·try (adjective)

The definition of sultry according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary is hot and humid or burning hot. I came across this word in the story “The Turbid Ebb and Flow of Misery” by Margaret Sanger on page 107, top right paragraph when it says, “The sultry days and nights were melted into a torpid inferno.” Now knowing the definition of the word it helps me better understand that she was saying the days and nights were as hot and humid as hell, or in this case inferno. As well as the days and night were so hot that they melted and turned into hell.

In the Merriam-Webster, the word stratum is a plural and it means the level of a persons’ status especially with regard to education or culture . I saw this on page 2 and it quotes ‘”Below this stratum of society was one in truly desperate circumstances.” then it goes on saying that the men there was uneducated and that lead them to unemployment or jobs that isn’t similar to society that the author was living in. Basically the society that the author currently is spectating is unusual to her because everybody there is doing things that aren’t what she is used to seeing as everyday society to her.

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.

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, the word fetid is identified as a adjective. It means “having a heavy offensive smell”. On page 106 of “The Turbid Ebb and Flow of Misery”, it states,”There were then approximately ten thousand apartments in New York into which no sun ray penetrated directly; such windows as they had opened only on a narrow court from which rose fetid odors.” The word fetid was used to describe the living conditions they were in and how the garbage was never cleaned which led to bad odors.

Chronic: long lasting, occuring again and again for a long time (adjective)

This is the meaning of the word chronic according to Merriam Webster dictionary. I saw this word when I was reading “The Turbid Ebb and Flow” on September 5th, 2018. The sentence was on page 88 on the pdf I was reading. The sentence said “Pregnancy was a chronic condition among the women of this class” I understood what this word meant based on what was said in the prior paragraph “Little girls were accustomed to dressing and undressing in front of men, and were often violated before reaching the age of puberty” This is showing that they became pregnant and couldn’t control their circumstances and why pregnancy kept on happening. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjSwtjMs6_dAhXQ31QKHfMsCOgQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.combat-aging.com%2Fchronic-disease.html&psig=AOvVaw2ZGafpCWaPdF32zevHfx1z&ust=1536633334783875

As we went over The Turbid Edd and Flow of Misery by Margaret Sanger,  an interesting world come across me and that was the word “surreptitious”. The world is seen when Sanger describes one of the situations she was in, “the utmost depression came over [her] as [she] approached this surreptitious region” and if we look closely we find that she is describing a part that could be unfamiliar to her (Sanger 2). Truly the world “surreptitious” means acting or doing something clandestinely, according to Merriam Webster dictionary. what the word means to me or how i comprehend it as is “stealthy” or “secret” in other words. With that finally cleared up i could understand that Margaret is telling us how secret this side of of society is to the rest of the world which make sInce during that time period.

Base on the Merriam-Webster dictionary the word Pleaded (Verb) means to ask for in a serious and emotional way: BEG. While discussing in class about “The Turbid Ebb and flow of misery” on September 6, this word called my attention. We can find this word on page #108, which it states, “I folded her still hands across her breast, remembering how they had pleaded with me, begging so humbly for the knowledge which was her right.” This sentence shows how guilty she felt for not being able to help her and how desperate these women were in those days of not knowing what to do to help themselves.  

According to Merriam-webster.com the word “lounging” means to act lazily. The word lounging is a verb and can be found in paragraph paragraph 7 of “The Turbid Ebb and Flow of Misertly” by Margaret Sanger. It states, ” The men were sullen and unskilled, picking up odd jobs now and then, but more often unemployed, lounging in and out of the house at all hours of the day and night”. This proof how poor and unstable the community was,they were desperate to find any jobs that were available. Those who were often unemployed were idle most of the time.