Simultaneous

Adjective
: happening at the same time

Source – merriam-webster

I encountered this word from the article “Lecture Me. Really” by Molly Worthen. The sentence of ” It keeps students’ minds in energetic and simultaneous action.” simultaneous will be the difficult word for me to understand the meaning of the sentence. When I searched this word on the dictionary, first time I knew this word mean and how to used it in the sentence, it was helpful.

Slumlord

Noun
: a person who owns a building with apartments that are in bad condition and rents them to poor people.
Source – merriam-webster
I came this word in the reading excerpt, “The Boston Photographs” . When I saw at the sentence ” …the Boston pictures sowed the dangers of fire escapes and raised questions about slumlords.” I guess this word may mean places or person, after I looked at the dictionary. Definitely my guess is right, now I have an idea of this word means.

Glossary Journey

Aft

Anomalies

Contemporary

Deterrent

Hokum

Memorabilia

Misanthrope

Ordain

Perilous

Prodigious

Sensationalist

Superfluous

Theologians

Vice

Zany

While working on this glossary throughout the course I noticed there was a lot of words I felt I knew the definition to. In reality if I was to be tested on those words I would’ve probably failed. Some of these words that are listed I had that feeling of maybe knowing  what it meant. The other words I just didn’t know What they meant or it was my first time encountering the word. Before I posted my word on to the glossary, I would look through the dashboard to see if it was already claimed by another student. Some of these words that I’ve encountered had multiple definitions so I gave all the definitions but stated which definition was related towards the text that I found the word in. For every word, I gave my understanding not only in the word but also in the author’s text. With this glossary, it made me really think about the words I don’t know instead of just giving up on them because I did not know their meaning. I believe the words I searched for not only helped expand my vocabulary but also helped out my fellow peers. Every time I would see my word on the glossary I would have another word I could learn its definition. This glossary project made the learning of words feel like a community. Each week there was a new word to be learned, not only from me providing a word but the other students providing their words as well.

Subconscious

Adjective


: existing in the part of the mind that a person is not aware of : existing in the mind but not consciously known or felt

: the part of a person’s mind that has ideas, feelings, etc., that the person is not aware of.
Source – merriam-webster
I encountered this word from the article “The Boston Photographs”, the sentence “….in an almost subconscious way, ….” In that article, I believe this word is being used to describe something, maybe the action or feeling. Now I really know the word means before I looked at the article.

Rapture

noun

an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion

(source-Merriam-Webster)

I encounter this word in the reading “Christian Fundamentalism”. The word is found in the sentence “The prediction is that before the final battle all the believers will be lifted out of their clothes and will float up to heaven in an event called the Rapture”. After I look up this word in dictionary, I know it means an expression of ecstasy or passion.

frictionless

noun

the act of rubbing one thing against another

(source-Merriam-Webster)

I encounter this word in the reading “Chaos theory: the butterfly and the el nino”. I found the word in the sentence ” Imagine a ball rolling across a frictionless surface and bouncing off circular obstacles”. Knowing it means the act of rubbing one thing against another, I better understand what the author is saying.

Duplication

Noun
: the act or process of copying something.

: the state of containing copies of something or being a copy of something

Source – merriam-webster

I encountered this word from the article “Brooklyn was mine.” I saw from the sentence “Cancel 3, they’re duplications.” When I looked at the dictionary, I knew the meaning of this words, found out the similar of this word. Now, I have an idea of this word means and uses.

riveting

adjective

  • very exciting or interesting

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riveting

I saw this word from the reading excerpt: ” The Boston Photographs”. On the line says ” When I talked to editors.. they used words like ‘interesting’ and ‘riveting’ and ‘gripping’ to describe them.”

Endearment

Noun
◊ A word or phrase that shows love or affection

â—Š A special word or name that friends or lovers use when they speak to each other is sometimes called a term of endearment.
Source – merriam-webster
I encountered this word from the article “Brooklyn was mine.” The sentence “We’re approaching Pacific St. again–was a typical sign-off, accompanied by endearments.” Now I looked the word, I have an idea of what this word means.

midair

noun

  •  a region in the air not close to the ground

source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midair

I saw this word from the reading excerpt: ” The Boston Photographs”. On the line says when the child almost fallen down from the building. At that time he was in midair.

 

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