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Date: 14/01/2022

Article 2

Article type: Essays & Opinions

Total Pages=15

Wordlist-Day2= 5-10 pages

Title:  Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man

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WORDS LIST
Word	Meaning	Sentence
Proviso	A stipulated condition; provision	Finally, the request was approved, with the proviso that I could see my colleagues one by one, not together.
Contempt	Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; despite, disdain, scorn	His small blue eyes shone with repugnance, a look of such unreasoning contempt for my skin that it filled me with despair.
Insofar	To the degree or extent that	My plan, insofar as I had one, was to go to university to be a computer programmer, but we couldn’t afford the tuition.
Insomuch	To such an extent or degree; so	Golf courses are a real estate asset only insomuch as they use real estate in association with their business
Tacitly	In a tacit(implied) manner; by unexpressed agreement	It was tacitly understood in the Moller family that the less one knew about his cooking methods and what he put into the food, the better for all concerned.
Semblance	An erroneous mental representation; illusion	I feel my eyes grow moist and try to rearrange my ruined face into some semblance of toughness.
Grotesque	Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; ludicrously odd, fantastic, antic	Most of those reports were a nightmare–grotesque, circumstantial, eager and untrue.
Fervor	Feelings of great warmth and intensity; ardour, excitement	He played cow bingo with the same fervor as he played his last college basketball game at Saint Luke’s.
Objectively	When you do something objectively, you do it with an open mind, considering the facts rather than your personal feelings.	I suspect there would be something silly about him if I could see him objectively.
Caricature	A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect; ape, imitation, impersonation	The caricature of the Sapphire has been said to act as a warning or punishment for going against society’s norm that women should be passive, nonthreatening, and unseen.
Hinge	A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other, a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend	The customer flicked a hand toward the Owner’s legs, exposed beneath the hinged section of the countertop.
Absurd	Illogical, unlogical, incongruous, inviting ridicule	The stars shone with such fierce, contained brilliance that it seemed absurd to call the night dark.
Totalitarianism	A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator; despotism, dictatorship	It’s a grim vision of totalitarianism: dissenters are “disappeared” or forced to go into hiding.
Outpouring	A sudden rapid flow (as of water); gush, flush, barrage	I was far too engrossed by the outpouring of love I was receiving from my hometown.
Commiserate	Feel or express sympathy or compassion; sympathize	She commiserates with a friend whose mother has also left.
Charitable	Full of love and generosity; beneficent	She was a charitable and generous woman, eager to make those around her happy.
Annihilation	Total destruction; obliteration, disintegration	The phones at the police department in Trenton, New Jersey, started ringing when the Martians began their annihilation.
Reckon	Expect, believe, or suppose, take account of, consider	We still had a Mile, we reckoned, before we reached the Channel to Hog Island & from thence back to Land.
Dogged	Stubbornly unyielding, stubbornly persistent; dour, persistent, pertinacious	She continued her dogged pursuit of Everest just the same.
Hyperbolic	Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; Exaggerated	She was reluctant to believe the hyperbolic and racially charged news coverage, but still, things were devolving.
Vehemence	Intensity or forcefulness of expression; force, outcry, violence	His mother had interrupted his father’s tirade—something she did often, but never with such vehemence.
Contend	Maintain or assert, state, argue, compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others	I contended that it would be a mistake for the Communist party to persuade writers to abandon imaginative work to write pamphlets.
Earnestness	The trait of being serious, sincere	They looked at the world with an impractical, luminous earnestness that moved her, but never convinced her.
Imitate	Reproduce someone’s behaviour or look; copy, simulate	Gabe made a face and growled loudly, imitating a beast of some kind
Ineffable	Defying expression or description, too sacred to be uttered; unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable, indescribable	She sighed a sigh of ineffable satisfaction as if her cup of happiness were now full.
Sobbing	If you’re so upset you’re crying loudly, taking in big gasps of air and heaving your chest, you are sobbing.	Help me, she was sobbing, blood bubbling up over her lips, help me.
Overshot	Having an upper part projecting beyond the lower	They vastly overshot the quotas meant to preserve fish.
Wanting	Lacking, deficient	Apparently, his disapproval of the way Ludo Bagman ran his department did not prevent him from wanting to make a good impression.
Withered	Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness, having lost all moisture; shrivelled, shrunken, wizened	The whole country seemed to have withered and browned under the searing sun.
Murderous	Characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being; homicidal	I was feeling pretty good about myself until Luke turned and gave me a murderous look.
Pedantic	Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects; academic, donnish	One of the most satisfying aspects of “Nine Perfect Strangers” is that it is thought-provoking but never pedantic.
Recount	Narrate or give a detailed account of; narrate, recite, tell	The rest of the letter recounted the compliments Hattie had received on a new gown.
Infatuation	A foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration	Unfortunately, his infatuation with the East was short-lived.

 

 

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