Listing all of the vocabularies that I
need to use often.
Vocabularies in Pathway Basic Writing
2nd week:
prospective: expected
intuitively: naturally
swayed: influenced
parody: an imitation meant to be amusing
and/or in mocking
shrilly: in a high-pitched, piercing tone
compelling: demanding and keeping one's attention
sustain - support
taint -
a taste of bad or undesired quality or substance
by hand - a person hand and not a machine
minuscule - extremely small; tiny
3rd week:
hard-core - the most active, committed
freak - a very unusual and unexpected
event or situation
mania - excessive enthusiasm or desire;
an obsession
dandelion - a wide distributed weed of daisy
flower
in the eye of the beholder - A person who is observing get to
decide what is beautiful
as far as I am concerned - would indicate you're expressing
your opinion about the matter being discussed.
would knock themselves out - positive: make a great effort;
negative: don't except yourself; it is not worth that much effort.
kind of - rather
as you please - however, you wish; whatever you
choose
gullet - a passage by which food passes
from the mouth to the stomach; the esophagus
step aside - withdraw or resign from an important
position or office
lacy - made of, resembling, or trimmed with
lace
denizen - (Noun) an inhabitant or occupant
for a particular place
hardly ever - (Phrase)very rarely
plumb - (Verb) measure (dept of the body
of water); test an upright surface to determine the vertical.
furrow - (noun) a litter of pigs
banish - (verb) send someone away from a
country or place as an official punishment.
handy around the house - good at house work
shrew - (noun) - a small
insectivorous mammal resembling a mouse, with a long pointed snout and tiny
eyes; a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman.
roiling - make (a liquid) turbid or
muddy by disturbing the sediment.; make (someone) annoyed or irritated.
drawn up(phrase) - come to a halt
grizzled (adj) - having or streaked with gray
hair.
