Category: Glossary Reflection

1. Vigorously
2.   Genial
3. Faltered
4. Commenced
5. Feminism
6. Outstripped
7. Noncognitive
8. angling
9. emasculate
10. Seldom
11. Oblivious
12. Stratum

This was my very first time doing this. This method by prof Garcia is very effective based on learning and understanding the meaning of each word when reading. I was surprised at first when the teacher asked us to do this because do college students really do this ? I was shocked,but it came to me as something to provide help without using a dictionary in the future. Prof Garcia is trying to prepare us to start reading and already know a words meaning as soon as it comes to head to because in the future dictionary’s a tool that we can always have on our side.

• Inevitable
• Fetid
• Hybrid
• Disdain
• Commensurate
• Analytical
• Hindsight
• Taciturn
• Misogyny
• Gallantry
•  Inquire
• Aflutter
• Cumbersome

Glossary assignments changed my way of reading forever. When we first started doing these assignments I couldn’t help but complain. I believed it would be a waste of time. Locating words I did do know the meaning to. Defining them and writing  a paragraph about them explaining what they meant. Through life Ive been used to ignoring unfamiliar words and continuing my reading. But after doing multiple of these assignments. I would no longer ignore words I had never seen before. I would look up the definition and try to use the clues given within the actual sentence to help guide my understanding. As well as, this method has helped expand my vocabulary. Now anywhere I see one of these words, I remember what they mean. For instance, when seeing the word “aflutter” I immediately know it means being nervously excited. Or when  seeing the word “fetid” means a horrible smell. I plan to continue using this method as much as I can. This can really help me out throughout the rest of my college years and even beyond that. Me wanting to major in sports journalism will require similar strategies for me to understand new terms. These glossary assignments have also helped improve my coordination with classmates a lot. The beauty of it is that while my classmates shared words they did not comprehend, I could read their glossaries and grow my vocabulary even further.  They could also do the same with the ones I posted. So in a way we were all learning from each other. I would recommend other college students to try this. Even though it seems like a lot of work the greater outcome is really worth it.

 

1. Hustling
2. Embellish
3. Wiggled
4. Impugning
5. Crooning
6. Languish
7. Agitate
8. Bromance
9. Squatted
10. Scornfully
11. Sifted
12. Torment

Learning new words from your peers every week was the best experience. I learned a lot of new words that I can use now in my daily life. In my High School, on every PTM my teachers told my dad she is doing great but tell her to study new vocabulary words at home to expand her knowledge that will help her in future. I am always lucky when it comes to English teachers/ professors. I have never meet teachers like them before who helped their students in every way specially listen to them what they are trying to tell. Three months passed so quickly and I learned a lot. Glossaries words were very helpful for me. It’s like a “Dictionary”. Also sometimes when I am not able to understand the article I was able to understand it through glossaries because in glossaries we have to explain the article to that from where you found that word, who used this word, when, why. So, Glossaries are the plus point for us in English-1101.

1. incendiary
2. sieve
3. disdain
4. impugn
5. emulate
6. chauvinism
7. denigrate
8. misogyny
9. mirth
10. gallantry
11. acquiescence
12. scimitars

These glossary entries helped expand my vocabulary. It also made “context clues” a little more obvious for some reason. In the past I just read through passages, but in this class I learned to reread things thoroughly which gave away some of the words I did not understand. When I searched the definition online it helps because if it has more than one meaning I was able to discern which definition applied to the context it was in. These assignments also helped me find my dictionary, which was useful in the last few entries. As I read other classmates entries, this helps me understand their way of thinking. This way I can see thing from their perspective. So, not only did I expand my understanding of things, I too expanded my point of views. This can help me in the future to keep an open mind of new understandings. Learning one word can help to understand the whole entire passage. For example, one passage I read talked all about “misogyny” and after I looked it up (even though I kind of had an idea about what it meant) helped me to really see what was trying to be said. These assignments motivate me to continue to investigate new words that I might not understand. Overall, the glossary entries were a big help in my education. I am sure it will be useful for me in future assignments in school.

• Peddler
• Fetid
• Hiss
• Albeit
• Retroactive
• Indignation
• Poignancy
• Stoic
• Repulsive
• Acquiescence
• Apprehensive
• Abundant

The glossary assignment is to define a word you are unfamiliar with and explain why the author used that word. At first I had doubts about the glossary assignments. I thought we would just give the definition of the word and a sentence explaining it. Instead it turned into in depth explanations. Usually when i come across a word that i don’t know, I would just skip it. Instead, now whenever i see a word I don’t know, i would search it up online. Sometimes even after searching the definition of the word, I wouldn’t understand it. As English being my worst subject, interpreting the story was very difficult for me. By reading other classmates glossary entry explanations, it made me understand the reading much better. This helped me learn new words and expand my vocabulary in writing assignments. This is a great way to form a habit of searching the words that you don’t understand.

1. Inaction
2. Sentiment
3. Susceptible
4. Commensurate
5. Noncognitive
6. Etiquette
7. Alienation
8. Gallantry
9. Retorted
10. Ventured
11. Scimitar

This was my first English class in College. When Professor Garcia first introduced us the glossary assignments, my first initial thoughts were like “is this a joke” because it sounded so easy. To me, finding a word from a text that isn’t familiar to me and writing the definition seemed like what homework would’ve been back in High school freshman year. But it’s a lot more than just a simple homework assignment. It is a very effective and efficient way of improving our vocabulary and enhances our understanding of the text of what the author is trying to provide us. To complete a glossary, we are supposed to find an unfamiliar word from the most recent reading you were issued for class, find the definition of the word, state which sentence was the word included and explain what you believe the sentence means after knowing what the definition is. As mentioned earlier, I believe the assignment was very effective in enhancing my vocabulary, now I can use the new words and effectively use them in future essays, readings, or in everyday speech. Especially when we’re in college, getting closer and closer to the real world, strengthening our vocabulary is a very important thing to keep at.

1. Emulate                5. Dystonia(n)     9. Deliberately
2. Invariably             6. Proficient       10. Aggravating
3. Indecipherable    7. Denigrated     11. Inquired
4. Paternity              8. Diligence        12. Truculently

Over the past three months, I was given the assignment to define at least one word, in each of the readings I did. It was a way for me to improve my vocabulary and understand what the author was trying to say. It was especially interesting looking back at what my classmates posted, knowing that they were unsure what a word meant and posted what they learned to. By doing this, I was able to expand my vocabulary and use some of these words in my writing. What ever my classmates wrote about, I made sure to read their posts in case I may have missed anything or was confused. I was also able to think deeper about what I was reading thanks to the new words I learned about. I got to read about other students point of views and how a reading can be interpreted in many ways. This in tern, helped me and my classmates learn from one another and if we were ever stuck,  we would help out one another. This was a good way to look back at the things we learned and our progress over the semester.

Aardvark

Achromatous

Jostled

Emasculate

Dutiful

Meritocratic

Ubiquitous

Grapple

Dismay

Acquiescence

Ventured

Galvanized

A glossary entry consist of finding words that were unfamiliar in any reading piece, than looking up the real definition of what the word meant. Each week I have always found a word that I was unfamiliar with, and before looking up at the possible definition, I would guess what that word could mean, most of the time my definition verses the actual one would match.Finding words that I have never heard of helped me expand my vocabulary, which I find very useful for the future.Writing essays, reading, giving out speeches, or even being in an interview deals with having a good and expanded vocabulary. It is important for us to know what certain words mean because we never know where and when it will show up. Doing glossary entries was an important skill to help me learn new words every week, and also looking at my other classmates words was helpful as well. We basically made a class dictionary. Reading articles, short stories, and passages got me in the habit of always annotating, and writing in the margins of the words I did not know the meaning of. Its a good skill to have in college, especially in an english class. I will definitely continue using this skill in the future, and I will gladly teach others the new words I’ve learned.

-Nayideh Rene

 

 

 

• Hasten
• Emasculate
• Turmoil
• Languish
• Etiquette
• Deliberate
• Dismay
• Muffled
• Keen
• Quarrel

In order to do a glossary entry, you had to look for any words you did not know from any readings we were doing in class,  heard the professor say or a classmate too, or even articles we used outside of class. We chose one word for each entry, and wrote about the meaning of the word, where in the reading it was found and how it helps you better understand what the author was saying after now knowing the definition of the word. Doing these glossary entries throughout the semester was very beneficial for me. It made me understand that it is very important to know the definitions of words when reading an article, story, etc. because it help’s you better understand what it is you are reading and comprehend what the author is saying. It also helped me when I annotated, I got in the habit of circling any unknown words and searching up the definitions of them so I could comprehend the articles we read or searched up in class. This activity also helped me to use higher vocabulary when writing papers and in some cases probably start using them on a presentation or my public speaking. Therefore, these glossary entries were very helpful this semester and the strategies I got from it, I will try to continue to use them in my upcoming semester.

1) Emulate 2) Disparate 3) Sinewy 4) Carnage

5) Caricatures 6) Meritocracy 7) Elixirs 8) Longitudinal

9) Truculently 10) Queer 11) Incisively 12) Whir

To do a glossary entry you find the definition of the word that best fits the sentence. Then you find wether it’s a noun, verb or adjective. Then you write why you think the writer chose that word. When I first started doing the glossary entries I thought to myself how will this actually help me as a writer. As I look back on all the words that I chose for my glossary entries I feel proud of myself. These glossary entries have helped me learn new words and have also helped me improve my vocabulary in my writings. Throughout this semester all the readings I did in class have helped me see the world in a perspective and I got to discover new authors.