Collection 1: "Ship of Fools" by Joanna Weiss

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  1. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
    Actually, she has a panoply of interlinked blogs, set up to track and promote her journey, including one that sold T-shirts and shoes with an “Abby 16” logo.
  2. embark
    proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
    So this is the definition of bravery now? Embarking on unnecessary risk that jeopardizes the lives of rescue workers?
  3. naysayer
    someone with an aggressively negative attitude
    Abby’s fans would call me a naysayer, I gather from their posts, and tell me I lack a spirit of adventure.
  4. intolerance
    impatience with annoyances
    And I’ll admit that parenthood requires one to overcome a certain intolerance for risk.
  5. coronary
    an obstruction of blood flow in an artery of the heart
    I can’t watch my 5-year-old daughter climb the monkey bars without feeling like I’m going to have a coronary.
  6. invoke
    cite as an authority
    But parenthood also requires you to invoke maturity where your child lacks it, whether it’s telling her that she’s too small to slide down the fireman’s pole or that her sailing journey will have to wait until she’s old enough to come to her senses.
  7. impose
    compel to behave in a certain way
    Perhaps someone should have stepped in to impose some parenting standards on the Sunderlands; last summer, a court in the Netherlands stopped a 13-year-old girl from making her own unadvised solo sail.
  8. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
    Abby Sunderland couldn’t drive without a learner’s permit, but her journey on the high seas got her fawning press and endorsement deals.
  9. endorsement
    a promotional statement for or recommendation of a product
    Abby Sunderland couldn’t drive without a learner’s permit, but her journey on the high seas got her fawning press and endorsement deals.
  10. pawn
    a person used by another to gain an end
    When will he realize he’s simply a pawn in the Sunderlands’ audience-building scheme?
  11. disclose
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
    Her father also disclosed that he’s been shopping a reality show with the working title “Adventures in Sunderland.”
  12. misadventure
    an instance of misfortune
    Abby Sunderland may find a way to convert her misadventures into lingering fame.
Created on Mon Jun 08 15:42:25 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Jun 10 14:40:41 EDT 2020)

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