Tarnish

Verb

1. To dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust or dirt
2. To detract from good quality of

The word is used In A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner of the paragraph 5, “A tarnished gilt easel before the fireplace stood a crayon portrait of Miss Emily’s father”.

The gold color frame of Miss Emily’s father portrait was detracted from original color caused by air or dust and it looked like the color of the penny coins become tarnish when changing between hands so many times.

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The lamenting voices strummed so convincingly, so passionately, it was impossible to suspect them of being phantoms. (page 4 paragraph 2)

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Adjective

1) Not very good

2) Of moderate or low quality, value, ability or performance: ordinary,  so-so

The word “mediocre” is used in Beloved by Toni Morrison on Page 58. My understanding of the word means although the carnival that Paul D, Sethe and Denver went, was a lot low in quality than the ordinary but it was an exciting and fun for them and for hundreds of colored people with the small price that they spend.

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Artillery- Noun- 1) large guns that are used to shoot over a great distance

2) The part of an army that uses large guns to shoot over a great                     distance

The word is found in the story of “What you Pawn I will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie in the paragraph of

One day, she tended to a wounded Maori soldier, who had lost his legs to an artillery attack. He was very dark-skinned. His hair was black and curly and his eyes were black and warm.

Jackson Jackson was talking about the story of a patient who lost his legs during the attack of using large guns or weapons, his grandmother taking care off.

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Noun

1. The heavens or the sky, especially when regarded as a tangible thing.

“while he still gazed upward, into the deep arch of the firmament, and had lifted his hands to pray, a cloud, though no wind was stirring, hurried across the zenith, and hid the brightening stars.” (Hawthorne 47, PDF) – Young Goodman Brown

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Noun

1. A summary of the principles of christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of christians.
2. A series of fixed questions, answers, or precepts used for instruction in other situations.

” ‘ That old woman taught me my catechism!’ said the young man; and there was a world of meaning in this simple comment.” (Hawthorne 37, PDF) – Young Goodman Brown

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Adjective

1. Too many to be counted.

“With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil purpose. He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and there is this peculiarity in such a solitude, that the traveller knows not who may be concealed by the innumerable trunks and the thick boughs overheard; so that, with lonely footsteps, he may yet be passing through an unseen multitude.” (Hawthorne 8, PDF) – Young Goodman Brown

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