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LA Vocabulary!
Week of January 10, 2011
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adversitynoun
Bad luck; trouble
“First one has to endure adversity,” he assured his mother, “then you become famous.” (pg.423)
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intimidatedverb
Scared; made timid
He was too anxious to please, to easily intimidated. (pg.423)
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appealedverb
To be attractive or interesting to someone
He had one hobby that appealed to adults and children alike. (pg. 423)
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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)
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repelledverb
Disgusted; drove away
The women who chose him repelled him. (pg. 423)
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melancholyadjective
Sad; gloomy
When he was feeling especially melancholy, Andersen would get bad toothaches… (pg.424)
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biographynoun
The story of a person’s life, written by another person
“Written life”
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auto-biographynoun
A writer’s account of his/her own life, written in first-person
“Self-written life”
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first-personadjective
When a writer refers to his/herself, using first-person pronouns like: I, me, us, our, my mine
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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)