Author: Gary

Shipfitter(noun):

1: one that fits together with the structural members of ships and puts them into position for riveting or welding

Biographical(adjective):

This word as found in the passage ” Brooklyn Was Mine”, by Chris Knutsen and Valerie Steiker. In the sentence in which the word was found in, the author writes, ” I already knew the outcome of this debate from the biographical note accompanying the letter: Lucy would follow Alfred Del Monte and work as a waitress.”

The describes a note as biographical, meaning that this note most likely contains biographic description inside dealing with a particular person’s life.

Raucous(adjective):

This word as found in the passage ” Brooklyn Was Mine”, by Chris Knutsen and Valerie Steiker. In the sentence in which the word was found in, the author writes,” Then, the letters stop. In the first days without her raucous writing voice and her panoramic gaze, I felt a little lost.”

The author uses the word raucous is used to describe Lucy’s writing voice as loud and harsh.

Bicarbonate(noun):

This word as found in the passage ” Brooklyn Was Mine”, by Chris Knutsen and Valerie Steiker. In the sentence in which the word was found in, the author writes, As she prattled to Alfred about bicycling in Prospect Park or rubbing bicarbonate of soda on the sunburn she’d gotten on a trip to Coney Island with his girlfriend, it would cross my mind that I knew the time and place of the eath that awaited her.

Poingnant(adjective):

(1) : painfully affecting the feelings: PIERCING

(2): deeply affecting: TOUCHING

This word as found in the passage ” Brooklyn Was Mine”, by Chris Knutsen and Valerie Steiker. In the sentence in which the word was found in, it states, “After that, I found Lucy’s letters Poignant in a way that they hadn’t seemed before.

The word Poignant describes the sense of sadness. In the sentence, the author is talking about how she felt a sense of sadness from Lucy’s letters.

Affluent(Noun):