Thursday, November 12, 2009

new words found in chapters 5 and 6

enforcer-the member of a group, esp. of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
timid-lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
heinous-hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible
lotus-a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
communal-used or shared in common by everyone in a group
dissipates-to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel
crude-in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural
dysentery- Pathology. an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic.

1 comment:

  1. One word that I found interesting was communal. This is just another thing that I can put real world actions to. Communal is just like in math when you have to find what the problems have in common with each other.

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