vocab. jan. 10
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LA Vocabulary!
Week of January 10, 2011
adversitynoun
Bad luck; trouble
“First one has to endure adversity,” he assured his mother, “then you become famous.” (pg.423)
intimidatedverb
Scared; made timid
He was too anxious to please, to easily intimidated. (pg.423)
appealedverb
To be attractive or interesting to someone
He had one hobby that appealed to adults and children alike. (pg. 423)
vainadjective
Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.
…but he was vain, too, and he loved to be photographed. (pg.423)
repelledverb
Disgusted; drove away
The women who chose him repelled him. (pg. 423)
melancholyadjective
Sad; gloomy
When he was feeling especially melancholy, Andersen would get bad toothaches… (pg.424)
biographynoun
The story of a person’s life, written by another person
“Written life”
auto-biographynoun
A writer’s account of his/her own life, written in first-person
“Self-written life”
first-personadjective
When a writer refers to his/herself, using first-person pronouns like: I, me, us, our, my mine
third-personadjective
When a writer refers to things/people other than him/herself, using pronouns like: his, her, their, he, she, they, them
I hated thinking of her as someone who might be prejudiced against black people. (pg. 68)