Category: Entry 3

[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.

Based on the Merriam-Webster dictionary the word Huddling (noun) means a group of people or things that are close to each other. while reading in class about “The Ride” by JL Williams this word I did not understand what it means. We can find this word on page#409, which it states, “However, the man seemed determined to make us all as uncomfortable as possible, and no amount of huddling together was going to stop him.” This quote represent the reality of how we live this almost everyday that we take the train. Some people just like to bother others because they have nothing more to do.

According the Merriam – Webster dictionary oblivious is an adjective. The definition go as follows : to not acknowledge or given awareness. In the story ” The Ride ” the passengers were ignoring the woman who was making a scene during the train ride. In the fourth paragraph it stated “She wiggled into her seat, and was oblivious to the rest of us on the train” meaning they were ignoring her for her vulgar remarks towards the guy who asked if she can pardoned them.

In the story “The Ride” by JL Williams, the phrase combative anticipation is used to describe the large woman taking over two seats on the train. For example, “Without ever acknowledging anyone directly, she wore a look of what might be described as “compative anticipation” on her face…” The word Compative means being ready or having the urge to fight and anticipation means being excited, knowing something is going to happen. Therefore, the author put these two words together to describe the woman because she was waiting for someone to ask her if they coud sit so she could yell at them.

The word Blasé was found in page 411 last paragraph. The word Blasé (adjective) defined from the Merriam Webster means excitement as a result of excessive enjoyment. I encountered this word in September 24 2018 while reading “The Ride” by JL Williams. In the last paragraph it says “Looking at the woman sing and act blasé, I wondered if the unzipped and swung his phallus in her face, maybe laid it on her forehead, Queen Elizabeth might finally acknowledge that she wasn’t on this train alone”. Now that I know the meaning of the word I am able to use it on many occasion when I’m out having fun.

The definition of wiggled according to Merriam Webster is “to move to and fro with quick jerky pr shaking motions”. The word wiggled I found in the reading, “The Ride” by JL William’s when William was talking about the lady in the train. He was talking about her looks, moves and her body shape. He used the word wiggled to describe her estimated weight and when she moves that “amazed” the author William.

Sinewy(Adjective)- Strong

The definition of the word Sinewy was found on the Merriam-Webster dictionary. I first stumbled upon this word on September 24, 2018, while reading “The Ride” by JL Williams from the novel Legacies. This word can be found on page 410 it says, ” However, as a teen, I grew several inches and looked thin with sinewy muscles like my father and brother before me.” When first encountering this word I had no idea what it meant, it genuinely confused me. After knowing the definition of this word I can now use it later on in life to replace the word strong. Doing this will help my writing sound more sophisticated and professional.

  Jostled: to bump, push, or elbow a person rudely in a rough crowd. (verb)

             The meaning of the word jostled was found at Dictionary.com, it is used to describe being bumped or pushed in a disrespectful way. I first encountered this word while reading “The Ride” by JL Williams on September 23rd  in paragraph 2 of the passage, the author used jostled after the words “bumped and”, so I figured that it had a connection with bumped, the author was describing a women entering the train with a baby carriage pushing and bumping other passengers on a crowed train. Than I went on to dictionary.com and searched up the real definition after I made a guess. Dictionary.com gave me a clear meaning of this word, and I now know how to use this word in my vocabulary. I believe jostled is just a smarter way of saying push or elbowing a person, and I can now include it in my essays.

 

Nayideh Rene

 

 

As I was reading the piece “Brave We Are” by Tahira Naqvi, I came across the word “Susceptible” in the fourth sentence of the seventh paragraph in the piece. At first looking at this word I thought it meant being suspicious or anything near that due to the word starting with ‘sus’. But according to the Merriam-Webster, the word ‘Susceptible’ means ‘”open,  subject to, influence”. Based on the definitions given by the Merriam-Webster by a simple google search, I now know what the word means. The word was included in the following quote “I say wisely, with the absolute knowledge that ‘things’ is susceptible to misinterpretation.” At first this I didn’t know it meant, but now that I know what ‘Susceptible’ means, I now understand the context. By this quote, I can interpret that it means things are by default are open to being misinterpreted.