Glossary

Ventured: An undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one(noun)

While reading “A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell, I came across the word ventured, which seemed unfamiliar to me so I chose it for this week. Before looking further into what ventured meant, I used context clues to guess the definition, the author states “The country’s not very pleasant this time of year,” Mrs. Peters at last ventured, as if she felt they ought to be talking as well as the men”, I than concluded that ventured meant something that was unpleasant, but when I looked it up, it meant more than unpleasant, it also meant involving a risky or dangerous outcome. I now know how to use this word in future context.

stoic(noun)

According to the dictionary William Webster the word stoic mean”One apparently or professedly indiffirent to pleasure or pain”

This word appear in the article that we learn “What Feminists Can Do For Boys” By Jessica Valenti, “Feminist  ideas can help men – be it the rejection of expectations that men be strong and stoic or ending the silence around male of sexual violence.”

After I understood the meaning of stoic, I will be able to understand the meaning of the sentence, which mean Female can help men be against the strong and pain that men have and to end the sexual violence.

According to the Merriam Webster the meaning of the word threaded is “a filament, a group of filaments twisted together, or a filamentous length formed by spinning and twisting short textile fibers into a continuous strand” and it is a verb. It can be found on A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell. “she threaded a needle and started to replace bad sewing with good. For a little while she sewed in silence.” The word threaded is used to replace the bad sewing with good. This means that she was trying to hide the bad sewing spot that was left in order to get rid of the evidence of her murder. This word helped me understand her intentions to help Ms. Wrights out.

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, apprehensive is identified as a adjective. It means “viewing the future with anxiety or alarm, feeling or showing fear.” In the short story, “A the jury of her peers”, it states, “Again their eyes met–startled, questioning, apprehensive.” The word apprehensive is used to describe how their feeling at the moment. They saw the broken cage and knew something was wrong. They had a bad feeling and didn’t want to stay there any longer.

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, acquiescence is identified as a noun. It means “to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively.” In the short story, “A the jury of her peers”, it states, ‘Of course it’s no more than their duty,’ said the sheriff’s wife, in her manner of timid acquiescence.” The word acquiescence describes what kind of person Mrs. Peters is. It shows that she is use to letting her husband order her around and doing whatever he tells her to do. She would rather agree than to cause a problem if she disagreed.

Based on the Merriam-Webster the word Interludes (noun) means a usually short simple play or dramatic entertainment. On page #279 in “Sweat”, it state that, ” Delia and Sykes fought all the time now with no peaceful interludes” based on this quote we can said that in their marriage there were always fights. Delia was used to live in this environment of drama and this is why we can say that she got to her limit with him and let him die, she was tired of his abusive character towards her.

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, inquired is defined as to put a question: seek for information by questioning. In the reading “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, the word appears on page 154 as stated, “I suppose anything Mrs. Peters does’ll be all right?” the sheriff inquired. “She was to take in some clothes for her, you know–and a few little things. We left in such a hurry yesterday.” Now knowing what the word means, the sheriff was asking a question for more information.

Plaintiff: a person who brings a case against another in a court of law. (noun)

I heard this word said by one of the people in my group while working on the presentation. I looked it up and got that definition. We were talking about the opposing lawyer who is claiming that Delia from the story Sweat is guilty. The opposing lawyer in this case is the plaintiff since he is arguing his claim and making a case out of it. I understood what the word meant by this example.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word ‘Venture’ means to proceed especially in the face of danger. Which in simplest terms, it would be to take a risk. In the reading ‘A Jury Of Her Peers’ by Susan Glaspell, this word was found on the first page in the sentence “”The country’s not very pleasant this time of year,” Mrs.Peters at last ventured, as if she felt they ought to be talking as well as the men.” By the definition given above, I can interpret that Mrs.Peters talks to the men to join in the conversation but also approach it in risk.

Acquiescence (noun): consent without protest.

Source: Webster’s New World 4th Edition (pocket dictionary).

In Glaspell’s A Jury of Her Peers the county attorney and sheriff are trashing Mrs. Wright’s house. They complain on how bad of a housewife she was because the house is messy when they look for evidence. So Mrs. Hale gets mad and almost offended as if it were her home. She even says in a mad tone that she would not like it if someone came to her house and criticized how she kept it and made a mess of it. “‘Of course it’s no more than their duty,’ said the sheriff’s wife, in a manner of timid acquiescence.” Her shyness does not allow her to protest or speak up. She is a more submissive wife than Mrs. Hale.

Diana Galvez