Glossary Reflection

Altruism

Extraneous

Crowd-sourcing

Cacophony

Interface

Tenement

Nostalgia

Reminisce

After a very long and hard semester, I can say I have been able to accomplish a lot. Though it was not exactly a “piece of cake”, there is still much knowledge and thorough understanding I can now integrate in my “ways of seeing.” This personal glossary we have all created was an excellent way of being able to give myself a much more thorough and meaningful understanding of context and content in ENG 1101. Not only was I able to understand better, but also give myself a sort of perspective on what exactly it was that we, as students, were given to analyze. Not only was it beneficial in that perspective, but also in the way we expanded our vocabulary. Such words we have learned can easily give us a jumpstart on our future English courses. Having that knowledge and understanding on such advanced vocabulary can help us understand future context and studies, and at the same time be grounds for use within our own vocabulary in our essays, reports, etc etc. Also, I feel as if I have founded a sort of curiosity within myself, that gives me an incentive to continue to research unknown words within future context. I have come to notice that I tend to google certain words or phrases when I come across them in my everyday life. That in itself can come as an amazing and useful habit, and will definitely benefit me in the long run.

 

Slum

sl蓹m/

noun

  1. 1.

a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.

synonyms: hovel,聽rathole;

ghetto,聽shantytown,聽skid row,聽shacktown

“this is the slum we call home”

 

I came across this word during my reading of Barney Collier鈥檚 Book. I have an idea of what this word meant before I read the actual definition because of the definition I did on the word Ghetto, but a slum is just a crowded place where the poor/lower class people live.

Advocating

[verbad-vuh-keyt;聽nounad-vuh-kit, -keyt]

Spell聽Syllables

verb聽(used聽with聽object),聽advocated,聽advocating.

1.to聽speak聽or聽write聽in聽favor聽of;聽support聽or聽urge聽by聽argument;recommend聽publicly:

He聽advocated聽higher聽salaries聽for聽teachers.

noun

2.a聽person聽who聽speaks聽or聽writes聽in聽support聽or聽defense聽of聽a聽person,cause,聽etc.聽(usually聽followed聽by聽of):

an聽advocate聽of聽peace.

  1. a聽person聽who聽pleads聽for聽or聽in聽behalf聽of聽another;聽intercessor.
  2. a聽person聽who聽pleads聽the聽cause聽of聽another聽in聽a聽court聽of聽law.

 

After coming across this word during my reading of Barney Collier鈥檚 Book I had no idea what this word meant until I took the time out to look up the definition. This word basically means to argue for or against something in a negative or positive way.

Mangle

[mang-guh聽l]

Spell聽Syllables

 

verb聽(used聽with聽object),聽mangled,聽mangling.

1.

to聽injure聽severely,聽disfigure,聽or聽mutilate聽by聽cutting,聽slashing,聽orcrushing:

The聽coat聽sleeve聽was聽mangled聽in聽the聽gears聽of聽the聽machine.

2.

to聽spoil;聽ruin;聽mar聽badly:

to聽mangle聽a聽text聽by聽careless聽typesetting.

 

During my reading of Barney Collier鈥檚 Book. I had an idea of what this word meant but not a full idea. Now that I read the definition I see that the word means to mess something up or to disfigure something.

revolt

re路volt

r蓹藞v艒lt/

verb

past tense:聽revolted; past participle:聽revolted

 

cause to feel disgust.

“he was revolted by the stench that greeted him”

synonyms: disgust,聽sicken,聽nauseate,聽make nauseous,聽make someone sick,聽turn someone’s stomach,聽be repugnant to,聽be repulsive to,聽put off,聽be offensive to,聽make someone’s gorge rise;

informalturn off,聽gross out

“the smell revolted him”

I came across this word during the reading of Barney Collier鈥檚 Book. This word basically means when you feel a bad way about something or you don’t like something.

Ghetto

ghet路to

藞伞ed艒/

noun

  1. 1.

a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.

 

I found this word during the reading of Barney Collier鈥檚 Book. When I read this I didn’t really know what the word ghetto actually meant, but now that I read the definition I have a better understanding of what the word means. This word just means where the lower to middle class people live.

Tribune

[trib-yoon, trih-byoon]

Spell聽Syllables

noun

1.

a聽person聽who聽upholds聽or聽defends聽the聽rights聽of聽the聽people.

 

I found this word from the excerpt of Barneys Collier鈥檚 Book. After reading the definition I understand why it鈥檚 called the New York Herald Tribune. This is because the New York Herald Tribune because it gives out the news that would help people out.

Ombudsman

om路buds路man

藞盲mb蓹dzm蓹n/

noun

  1. an official appointed to investigate individuals’ complaints against maladministration, especially that of public authorities.

 

I came across this word during my reading of the Boston Photograph. I never even heard of this word before but basically this is just a person that is appointed to investigate complaints like a police officer.

Billow

藞bil艒/

verb

past tense:聽billowed; past participle:聽billowed

  1. (of fabric) fill with air and swell outward.

“her dress聽billowed out聽around her”

synonyms: puff up/out,聽balloon (out),聽swell,聽fill (out),聽belly out

“her dress billowed around her”

  • (of smoke, cloud, or steam) move or flow outward with an undulating motion.

“smoke was billowing from the chimney”

 

I found this word during my reading of the Boston Photograph. I had no idea of what this word was or meant until I looked up the definition. This word basically means to move outward and fill up. For example like that picture of Marilyn Monroe when she鈥檚 holding her dress down while air fills up her dress.

Morbid

藞m么rb蓹d/

adjective

  1. 1.

characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

“he had long held a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare”

synonyms: ghoulish,聽macabre,聽unhealthy,聽gruesome,聽unwholesome;

 

I came across this word during my reading of the Boston Photograph. I had no idea what this word meant when I read this until I looked up the word. But even after reading the definition of the word I still don’t have an idea of what this word means. So if anybody can explain it to me that would be of help.