Word of the week E block

  Inure: To accustom to accept something undesirable  POS: Verb Sentence:  “ “The law enforcement officers inured to violence when dealing with the innocent kids in the playground.” Reason: This word stood out to me because it sounded very interesting and powerful. I was watching the movie The Hate U Give and an intense scene started playing. This word really stood out to me, and I am glad I researched the meaning.

 (adj.)    full of excessive talk; wordy  "...led him inevitably to Mrs. Astwell-who "did" for the ladies at Wendon Cottage. Mrs Astwell was a loquacious  lady" (Christie 146) I found this word in the book I've been reading titled Cards on the Table  by Agatha Christie. In this excerpt, a detective is interviewing people who are close with one of the suspects in a recent murder. Mrs. Astwell is one of these people and he calls her "loquacious" because she gives him a lot of information. I chose this word mainly because it's fun to say and it looks very nice written out. Overall, loquacious is a very pretty and fun word.

 Seraglio: (n.)  a usually secluded house or part of a house allotted to women in some Muslim households (holds the wives, concubines, female relatives, and servants) “I would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk’s whole seraglio, gazelle-eyes, houri forms, and all!” (Bronte 410). This is from the book, Jane Eyre . This quote was said by Mr. Rochester....as a compliment...to his future wife. It is quite a weird and disturbing compliment to make. He is basically saying that he would not trade Jane for the concubines, wives, and other various women the Grand Turk owns to have sex with, no matter how young and beautiful they are. And they say chivalry is dead.

  Surfeit: Noun:  An excessive amount of something. “I have had a surfeit of killing, Kaye.” The Modern Faerie Tales I chose this word because I had never heard it before and when I looked up the definition it did not seem like this word would mean what it did and I thought it was interesting.

Thunderloft:  (n.) a thundercloud “...your forehead resembles what, in some very astonishing poetry, I once saw styled, ‘a blue-piled thunderloft’” (Bronte 399). This is from the novel, Jane Eyre . So originally when I first looked up this word, I c ould not find a concrete definition for it. To be honest, this is not uncommon for words from Jane Eyre because it uses many archaic vocabulary that is not still in use today. Thus, I decided to dig deeper. Upon further researching, I found that ‘a blue-piled thunderloft’ is actually a quote from a poem, "The Demoniac: A Poem In Seven Chapters" by Thomas Aird. "The Demoniac" is a tale of a women begging Jesus to help find her lost son. This poem came from a magazine that was published around when Jane Eyre was being written. Even upon finding this poem, there still was no real definition for thunderloft. People mostly believe that it means thundercloud because loft can mean cloud, but the whole thing is still up fo...

Prognosticate: To foretell from signs, symptoms or predict POS: Verb Sentence:  “She was able to prognosticate my death, which is supposedly in 24 hours.” Reason: This word stood out to me because it sounded very intricate and interesting. I was watching an episode from the show Vampire Diaries, and this word perplexed me. It refers to being able to predict or foretell something. In this show, someone was able to predict the main character's death.

 (n.) a confused situation or affair "What... if none of them murdered him. If he'd asked them all, and then quietly commited suicide just for the fun of making a schemozzle " (Christie 88) This is from the book I've been reading called Cards on the Table  by Agatha Christie. I chose this word simply because I think the word sounds really funny and is fun to say. I also chose this word because I agree with the person that has the suspicion detailed above. The minute the murder happened I thought that that was what happened and I was excited to see someone in the book agree with me.

Somnambulatory: (adj) occurring while sleepwalking  “Gatsby took an arm of each of us and moved forward into the restaurant, whereupon Mr. Wolfshiem swallowed a new sentence… lapsed into a somnambulatory abstraction.” The Great Gatsby I picked this word because I had never seen it before, and when I first read the sentence I was super confused as to what it could mean. After I looked up the definition of the word I was able to better understand what the sentence was trying to tell the reader, and as to what type of a character Mr. Wolfshiem was from The Great Gatsby.

 (N) The  action or a process of iterating or repeating: such as : a procedure in which repetition of a sequence of operations yields results successively closer to a desired result “Each iteration is an attempt to prove its own proof; it’s recursive, it’s nonsensical” Interstellar This word stuck out to me because it reminded me of the steps in a normalized routine. Like a day to day process that is locked in a person’s brain. But in the movie I watched, it correlates with the more technologically aimed definition, which almost has more to do with computerized actions.

 (Adj) Having no equal “ “Styles credits his style trans​formation—from Jack Wills tracksuit-clad boy-band heartthrob to nonpareil fashionisto—to his meeting the droll young stylist Harry Lambert seven years ago.” - playtime with Harry Styles, Vogue”  Nonpareil always meant the type of candy to me, but it has an actual meaning; of no equal. Seeing a celebrity I look up to talked about like this in the December issue of Vogue with this word had me do a double take.

 Spangle: (n) A small thin piece of glittering material typically soon as one of many on clothing for decoration; a sequin (v) Cover with spangles or other small sparkling objects or lights “O say does that star spangled banner yet wave” -Star Spangled Banner by Jamie Salisbury and John Stafford Yes, I have been singing this song my whole life and never really knew what spangles meant. I remember teachers saying it was called spangled because of the way the flag looked in the sun raised high after victory. I decided to look at the dictionary definition to get a little more understanding and the definition given to me when I was younger is very similar.

 Prepossessing (adj) - attractive or appealing in appearance “At 16 I was stupid confused and indecisive. At 25 I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At 45 I am stupid, confused, insecure, and indecisive. Who would have suppose that maturity is only short break and adolescence?” -Jules Feiffer I was looking for a inspirational quote and I came across this one. I felt pity for this woman who was feeling this way and hope that one day I don’t feel as she does. I knew all the adjectives she was using to describe herself except prepossessing. This quote to me is very sad but I believe that not everybody will go down her path. 

Elision : Noun:  The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I'm , let's , e ' en ) “The quantity of the single syllable resulting from such elision was usually the second syllable.” Found in an excerpt from the Ovid reader assigned for latin homework. This section is talking about scanning Ovid’s poems. I chose this word because I thought that it was fitting that it came from a lesson on Latin poetry and we are learning about English poetry in class. Also I thought it was interesting that in order to achieve the proper number of syllables in a line poets would elide two words making them one sound and less syllables. 

 Ecstasy:  an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement. POS: Noun Sentence: Ecstasy, a street name for MDMA, is both a stimulant and a mild hallucinogen Reason for choosing: I came across this word while reading module 25 for my Psychology homework. I didn't understand what the word meant, so I searched it up. After finding out what the word meant, I was able to better understand the meaning of the sentence and the word also.

 Smattering: (noun) a small amount of something  “You can hear a smattering of applause.”  I got this word from an English documentary on Princess Diana. I did not catch the name of it. I thought it was quite funny because whoever the commentator was said that quote in a monotone voice, he was not thrilled at all. He must have been having a bad day. 

 (adj.) wicked; fiendish  "Mr. Shaitana watched them for a little while, smiled in a Mephistophelian  manner ... and then went noiselessly through into the other room" (Christie 30) I found this word in the book I've been reading Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie. I chose this word because it is a very important word for this story. Mr. Shaitana gets murdered, but also has an obsession with murder and Detective Poirot uses Mephistophelian to describe him on more than one occasion. This word is important to the story because it shows what kind of person Mr. Shaitana really is. 

Bumfuzzle : POS: Verb Sentence:  “He continued to bumfuzzle his subjects during the experiment, which messed up the data.” Reason: This word stood out to me because it sounded very interesting and funny. I remember hearing my psychology teacher say it in class, and I was instantly alert. I thought it sounded hilarious. T his word is great and is a more exciting way to say confused.

  Bravura: Noun:  Great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity. “But that bravura ending - a hyper-masculine celebration of punishing dedication and success in a great battle of wills - is impossible to shake.” An excerpt from a film review of Whiplash directed by Damien Chazelle. I chose this word because I think it is interesting that bravura is very similar to the interjection bravo. Additionally a bravura performance would merit a bravo, which is interesting how entwined these words are. I googled the etymology of both bravura and bravo and they come from the same root word, the Italian word brave , which means bold. It takes a particular boldness for someone to create a piece of art that it brilliant and outstanding.