Vocabulary#5

Exploited–verb (used with object)

 

 

1. to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.

 

 

2. to use selfishly for one's own ends: employers who exploit their workers.

 

 

3. to advance or further through exploitation; promote: He exploited his new movie through a series of guest appearances.

 

 

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Own logic. I have herd this word alot throught out my life on the news, movies, prison mostly though.

We are all hostages, and we are all terrorists. This circuit has replaced that other one of masters and slaves, the dominating and the dominated, the exploiters and the exploited.... It is worse than the one it replaces, but at least it liberates us from liberal nostalgia and the ruses of history.



Pacification-noun

1. the act, process, or policy of pacifying


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Own logic I herd this being used when i was in court by the prosecutor at the time I didn't know what he ment by it so I looked it up when I got back to my cell.


It could be clearly proved that by a practical nullification [by the South] of the Fifteenth Amendment the Republicans have for several years ... - MORE It could be clearly proved that by a practical nullification [by the South] of the Fifteenth Amendment the Republicans have for several years been deprived of a majority in both the House and Senate. The failure of the South to faithfully observe the Fifteenth Amendment is the cause of the failure of all efforts towards complete pacification. It is on this hook that the bloody shirt now hangs.




Futile–adjective

 

 

1. incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.

 

 

2. trifling; frivolous; unimportant

 

 

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Own Logic I have herd this word mostly in movies and books i have read never reall used it my self.

 

 

Worrying is as futile as boredom, but harder work.

 

Vocabulary #4

1. Salvaged (n) To save from destruction.

He watched the young soldier wading through the water, bending down and then standing and then bending down again, as if something might finally be salvaged from the waste. pg. 173

Your Logic, I know what the word means and the way it was used in context, you can figure it out.

My friend was throwing away her chair, but I salvaged it.


2. Profound (adj) Showing deep thought or insight; intense; deep.

Down inside I had important things to tell her, big profound things, but I couldn't make the words come out. pg. 229

Example, the reading says,"I had important things to tell her."

What came out of her mouth was profound.


3. Formaldehyde (n) Toxic gas used as a disinfectant and preservative.

A technical mistake: like they'd pumped her too full of formaldehyde or embalming fluid, or whatever they used. pg. 241

Synonym, it says embalming fluid.

The smell of the formaldehyde made me nauseous.

Vocabulary#3

Credibility–adjective

1. Capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.

2. Worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy: a credible witness.

Pg71.  In many cases a true war story cannot be believed. If you believe it, be skeptical. It's a question of credibility. 

Own logic- I heard this word more often with my experience in the legal system.

The defense lawyer and the prosecutor both question the witnesses; there credibility determines the out come of the trial.

Definitive–adjective
1. Biology . fully developed or formed; complete.

Pg 76. In a way, I suppose, you had to be there, you had to hear it, but I could tell you how desperately Sanders wanted me to believe him, his frustration at not quite getting the details right, not quite pinning down the final and definitive truth.

Own logic- This is another word I heard a lot among the inmates in prison, talking about there case.

It is preached a lot in church, that the word  is the definitive truth of god.

Grotesque–adjective

1. Odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.

2. Fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc.

–noun

 3. Any grotesque object, design, person, or thing.

 Pg80. The truths are contradictory. It can be argued, for instance, that war is grotesque.

Own logic- Again another word the lawyers try using in there arguments in the courtroom.

I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.

Vocabulary #2

1. Stash –verb (used with object)

To hide away, hidden place

Pg40. courage, I seemed to think comes to us infinite qualities, like an inheritance and by being frugal and stashing it away and letting it earn interest.

Own logic- he is stashing away his courage, to build it up for a time when he most needs it.

Cops found my stash of cash and kept half of it for them self’s.

2. Chrome-noun, verb, chromed, chrom·ing.

Chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile.

Pg46. The old chrome toaster, the telephone, the pink and white Formica on the kitchen counters.

Own logic-I know what the word means from past experiences.

The rims on my car were chromed.

3. Censure-noun, verb, -sured, -sur·ing.

–noun

1.

strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.

2.

an official reprimand, as by a legislative body of one of its members.

 

Pg45. I couldn't make up my mind. I feared the war, yes, but also feared exile. I was afraid of walking away from my own life, my friends and my family, my whole history, everything that mattered to me. I feared losing the respect of my parents. I feared the law. I feared the ridicule and censure.

 

Own logic- I hear the word censure alot when I watch the news.

 

I was worried about the disapointment and censure from my parents about my failed homework assignment.

 

 

Vocabulary

Poncho noun, plural -chos.

a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.

In April, for instance when Ted Lavender was shot they used his poncho to wrap him up, then to carry him across the paddy, then to lift him in the chopper that took him away.

Own logic- The phrase "they used his poncho to wrap him" shows us it was a sort of big garment.

My lab partner stole my poncho so he could use it while he dances to banda.