Word of the week E block

 (n.) deep personal humiliation and disgrace  “Heaven hath granted thee an ignominy, that thereby thou mayest work out an open triumph over the evil within thee, and the sorrow without” (Hawthorne 50) I found this word in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I chose "ignominy" as my word of the week because it is very crucial to understanding this novel. I first saw this word in the beginnings of the novel, multiple times. I didn't know what it meant, but I figured it wasn't important. Then it kept coming up, so I looked it up. It turns out that ignominy relates to a major topic of The Scarlet Letter , shame and embarrassment. Had I not looked up the word, I would have less of an understanding than I do now.

 (n.) weak or insipid sentimentality  “Science be damned-I beg your pardon, Clement-but all this namby pambyism annoys me. I’m a plain man” (Christie 211). I found this in Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage . I chose this for my word of the week because it is a very interesting sounding word, and honestly it doesn't really sound like a real word. I also add a bit of an adventure finding this definition. I originally had no idea that namby pambyism was a phrase, so when I found this word I noted pambyism as a word for my journal. However, when I searched for it, all I could find was this phrase "namby pambyism". I looked back at the book and sure enough that was the context it was originally used it. I find this phrase very interesting and unique which is why I chose it for my word of the week.

  Concurrent : (adj.) o perating or occurring at the same time “Except that it may be terminated earlier by concurrent resolution of the Congress.”  (APUSH Lecture)  I heard this word in APUSH, and I thought it sounded very interesting. I did my own research and realized, how commonly this word is used.

  Andragogy : (noun) The art or science of teaching adults “I majored in education and now I specialize in andragogy .” (Conversation with friend) I recently met one of my family friends who got a new job. She was telling me about this new field of  education and I thought it was really interesting. I had never heard of it, and was curious to learn more about it. There are six principles in this field, and it is fairly new. 

 (n.) a self taught person  "She has an Oxford dons knowledge of Ancient Greek, but she's a complete autodidact "  I found this word while watching a show called "Elementary". It is about a modern day Sherlock Holmes and his now female partner Joan Watson. In this scene they were describing one of Sherlock's friends, Miss Hudson. I chose this word because I really had no idea of what it could mean based off of the scene. Usually, when I find a word I don't know I can use context clues to get a general idea, but this one was harder than normal. My first thought was that it meant she was stupid in terms of common sense and street smarts, because often academically smart people are not as intelligent in street smarts. But it turned out to be something completely different, which I found very interesting.