Category: Glossary

Adjective

“Existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will” -Merriam-Webster

The word was use in the article “Why Collaborate?” by Ellen Lupton in the sentence “In my own experiences as a student, I have enjoyed voluntary, informal collaborations with my friends, but I have resent being forces into arbitrary, mismatched teams in the name of social correctness.”

The author uses the word in order to further emphasis how despite collaboration can be fun with the right people and some you have known well enough to work with, there will be times where that won’t be the case and will against your own, force to collaborate with someone who you may not see eye to eye but will seem to come with a beneficial result.

Word: Juxtaposition (Noun)

Definition: the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juxtaposition

Encounter: I encountered that word through my class semester-long projects and we had countless reading based on juxtapositions.

Comprehension: Juxtapositions can be used anywhere in modern civilization. For example, Sand and ocean, tall and short, fast slow.

Word: Prolific (Adjective)

Definition: producing young or fruit especially freely.

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prolific

Encounter: I encountered this word at a concert me and one of my friends went to, the singer happened to

Comprehension: I know could say that I understand fully how this word is used in society. For example, its like I have a plant and I water it every day if it grows then that means its prolific in terms of growth and productivity.

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.