VOCAB NOTEBOOK PT2

Question 1

emancipated

“sounded… emancipated statement to white people… laughter and bitterness and scorn… statement was greeted”

Answer 1

to free from bondage

verb

Question 2

pretensions

“if american pretensions were based on more honest assessments of life”

Answer 2

a claim or an effort to establish a claim

noun

Question 3

feeblemindedness

“how stupid do you figure? Yes… deeply annoyed… your feeblemindedness”

Answer 3

impairment in intellectual ability

noun

Question 4

invariably

“text at the bottom invariably”

Answer 4

ALWAYS

adverb

Question 5

admonishes

“invariably admonishes: professional driver on closed course”

Answer 5

to say something as advice or a warning

verb

Question 6

litigious

“in these litigious days, it is not… judgement”

Answer 6

disputatious, contentious

adj

Question 7

inconceivable

“its not inconceivable that a corpoation might wind up paying”

Answer 7

unbelievable

adj

Question 8

liquefying

“he reads that warning, and instead of liquefying himself”

Answer 8

reduced to a liquid state

verb

Question 9

procreate

“he survives. to procreate”

Answer 9

reproduce

verb

Question 10

unsubstantiated

“showing Jonnel and me looking at one another… fond but unsubstantiated pride”

Answer 10

not proven to be true

adj

Question 11

commodity

“boy or girl before twelve years old is no salable commodity”

Answer 11

something useful or valued

noun

Question 12

fricassee

“equally serve in a fricassee”

Answer 12

a dish of pieces of meat

noun

Question 13

excursions

“chronical of several excursions… satiric anatomy… english attitudes and values”

Answer 13

deviation from a direct, definite, or proper course

noun

Question 14

peepshows

“seen… popular diversions… peepshows… enclosed boxes”

Answer 14

an entertainment or object that is viewed through a small opening

noun

Question 15

spectacles

“public entertainment, shows, spectacles, and exhibitions”

Answer 15

detects of vision

noun

Question 16

whereof

“twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one-fourth part to be males”

Answer 16

of which

conj

Question 17

nutriment

“the charge of nutriment”

Answer 17

nutrient

noun

Question 18

seldom

“that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage”

Answer 18

rare

adj

Question 19

plentifully

“to let them suck plentifully in the last month”

Answer 19

containing plenty

adj

Question 20

fore

“the fore or hind quarter”

Answer 20

occupies a front position

noun

Question 21

detriment

“failed to… change… continue to emphasize information retention… student’s detriment”

Answer 21

injury/damage

noun

Question 22

regurgitated

“names, dates and places must be regurgitated for history tests”

Answer 22

become thrown or poured back

verb

Question 23

recite

“they can recite the periodic table”

Answer 23

repeat from memory

verb

Question 24

adequate

“majority of students who deserve adequate preparation for their near future”

Answer 24

sufficient for a need

adj

Question 25

autonomy ## Footnote "gievs students autonomy over their education"

Answer 25

self-governing | noun

Question 26

inadequacies ## Footnote "systemic inadequacies to be solved"

Answer 26

insufficient | noun

Question 27

antiquated ## Footnote "allow antiquated practice to govern"

Answer 27

old and no longer useful | adj

Question 28

overhaul ## Footnote "school system requires a complete overhaul in order... solved"

Answer 28

examine thoroughly | noun

Question 29

perpetuate ## Footnote "not happen if we sit by and perpetuate... affairs"

Answer 29

last indefinitely | verb

Question 30

fodder ## Footnote "judgements from the fodder of misinformation"

Answer 30

readily available material used to supply a heavy demand | noun

Question 31

marvels ## Footnote "Eight?" kelly marvels"

Answer 31

to be filled with surprise, wonder | verb

Question 32

porousness ## Footnote "vaughn discuss the porousness of wool"

Answer 32

capable of being penetrated | noun

Question 33

organist ## Footnote "a scottish organist"

Answer 33

person who plays the organ | noun

Question 34

ousted ## Footnote "herning was outsed from the Guinness... by"

Answer 34

to be removed | verb

Question 35

nuances ## Footnote "ignores the many nuances of language learning"

Answer 35

a subtle distinction of variation | noun

Question 36

monetize ## Footnote "inclined to believe... perform or monetize their skills"

Answer 36

to coin into money, source of profit | verb

Question 37

polyglot ## Footnote "advanced language skills... polyglot"

Answer 37

speaking or writing several languages | adj

Question 38

hyperpolyglot ## Footnote "distinguishes polyglots and hyperpolyglots from the rest of us"

Answer 38

speaks 6 or more languages | adj

Question 39

monolingual ## Footnote "fundamentally different from monolingual brains like mine"

Answer 39

using only one language | adj

Question 40

amassing ## Footnote "in the years of vaughn spent amassing languages"

Answer 40

to collect into a mass:GATHER | verb

Question 41

profound ## Footnote "discrimination has a profound effect"

Answer 41

intensity of feeling or quality | adj

Question 42

premise ## Footnote "although outcome is the same, the premise is reversed"

Answer 42

base an argument, theory or undertaking on | verb

Question 43

sixpence ## Footnote "cheque for one pound ten shillings and sixpence"

Answer 43

british monetary equal to six pennies | noun

Question 44

disquiet ## Footnote "nothign may disturb or disquiet the mysterious nosings"

Answer 44

disturb, alarm | verb

Question 45

looming ## Footnote "civil servant... obstacles... looming in her way"

Answer 45

to take shape as an impending occurrence | verb

Question 46

constituted ## Footnote "if there was a draught... so constituted that she never had a mind... of her own"

Answer 46

set up, established | verb

Question 47

deadening ## Footnote "correlating... attributes to a group... results in the same deadening"

Answer 47

causing a loss of force | noun

Question 48

cheque ## Footnote "containing a cheque... one pound ten shillings"

Answer 48

check | noun

Question 49

conciliate ## Footnote "openly by women, they must charm, they must conciliate"

Answer 49

appease, reconcile | verb

Question 50

despatched ## Footnote "always creeping back when I thought I had despatched her"

Answer 50

dispatch, british spelling | noun

Question 51

retrograde ## Footnote "1937, 1950 and 1959 - can seem painfully retrograde"

Answer 51

archaic, old | adj

Question 52

preliminary ## Footnote "disney princess research is still in its preliminary stages"

Answer 52

something that precedes or is introductory or preparatory | noun

Question 53

ample ## Footnote "created over 50 years ago, they give ample opportuinity for women"

Answer 53

generously sufficient to satisfy a requirement or need | adj

Question 54

linguist ## Footnote "data come from linguist... analyze all the dialogue"

Answer 54

one who speaks several languages | noun

Question 55

pioneered ## Footnote "pioneered a new style of disney movie"

Answer 55

to originate or take part in development of | verb

Question 56

ingrained ## Footnote "add a guard... a man. I think thats just really ingrained in our culture"

Answer 56

firmly fixed or established; difficult to change | adj

Question 57

frilly ## Footnote "rennaissance-era movies being not your average frilly princess films"

Answer 57

decorated with frills or similar ornamentation | adj

Question 58

discourse ## Footnote "what the princess is going to be like, and always its a feminist discourse"

Answer 58

social familiarity | noun

Question 59

ensemble ## Footnote "modeled after broadway musicals, with their large ensemble casts"

Answer 59

emphasizing the roles of all performers as a whole rather than a star performance | adj

Question 60

predecessors ## Footnote "unlike her predecessors... who thinks and acts independently"

Answer 60

ancestor | noun