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Grade 10: Unit 2

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  1. distress
    a state of adversity
    Now, quite apart from the fact that the doors were locked, should he really call out for help? In spite of all his distress, he was unable to suppress a smile at this idea.
  2. amelioration
    the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
    Right away he believed that the final amelioration of all his suffering was immediately at hand.
  3. aversion
    a feeling of intense dislike
    He turned away from the bowl almost with aversion and crept back into the middle of the room.
  4. asphyxiation
    the condition of being deprived of oxygen
    In the midst of minor attacks of asphyxiation, he looked at her with somewhat protruding eyes, as his unsuspecting sister swept up with a broom, not just the remnants, but even the foods which Gregor had not touched at all, as if these were also now useless, and as she dumped everything quickly into a bucket, which she closed with a wooden lid, and then carried all of it out of the room.
  5. listless
    marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
    Sometimes in his general exhaustion he couldn't listen any more and let his head bang listlessly against the door, but he immediately pulled himself together, for even the small sound which he made by this motion was heard nearby and silenced everyone.
  6. travail
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
    And propped up by both women, he would heave himself up, elaborately, as if for him it was the greatest travail, allow himself to be led to the door by the women, wave them away there, and proceed on his own from there, while the mother quickly threw down her sewing implements and the sister her pen in order to run after the father and help him some more.
  7. stock
    regularly and widely used or sold
    Stock Footage: film or video that has been shot for one purpose and is available for use in other projects
    Stock footage may be film recycled from past news programs.
    • It may also be footage from movies, television, or advertising.
  8. silhouette
    an outline of a solid object as cast by its shadow
    Silhouette: dark figure that is seen as a filled-in shape against a light background
    Silhouettes may be created with bright light shining behind a figure.
    Silhouettes are a kind of shadow.
  9. commentator
    an expert who observes and remarks on something
    Commentators: people who discuss or write about events for film, television, radio, or newspapers
    • Documentary films and videos often include commentators who are experts on the topic.
    • A commentator may share his or her own point of view or present facts.
  10. edit
    cut and assemble the components of
    Editing: taking pieces of film or video and putting them together in a new way
    • Film and video editors may work with still photographs and film footage to create many different effects.
  11. shun
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
    Many of the children, including the Burnells, were not allowed even to speak to them. They walked past the Kelveys with their heads in the air, and as they set the fashion in all matters of behavior, the Kelveys were shunned by everybody.
  12. sneer
    express through a scornful smile
    When the little girls turned round and sneered, Lil, as usual, gave her silly, shamefaced smile, but our Else only looked.
  13. spiteful
    showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
    "Yah, yer father's in prison!" she hissed, spitefully.
  14. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
    But we know how difficult it is for them to...Many of them remain unaware of...Some who should know better simply refuse to...Of course, their perspective has been limited by...On the other hand, they obviously feel entitled to...
  15. entitled
    qualified for by right according to law
    But we know how difficult it is for them to...Many of them remain unaware of...Some who should know better simply refuse to...Of course, their perspective has been limited by...On the other hand, they obviously feel entitled to...
  16. interaction
    mutual or reciprocal dealings or influence
    We know that this has had an enormous impact on their...Nevertheless their behavior strikes us as...Our interactions unfortunately have been...
  17. marginalize
    relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of groups of people
    That's why it's up to adults to convey constantly to teenagers that the characteristics that marginalize them can pay off after graduation.
  18. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
    They're all part of what Jerry Holkins, creator of the Penny Arcade webcomic and video game conference, calls "the social pariah outcast aesthetic."
  19. bigotry
    intolerance and prejudice
    Psychologists point out that high-status cliques teach the exclusionary behavior that may be the foundation for eventual racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry.
  20. doctrine
    a belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school
    In reality, we are looking at a doctrine of the structural inequality of the human race.
  21. totalitarian
    of a government with an authority exerting absolute control
    Levinas, as we know, was one of the philosophers of dialogue, along with Martin Buber, Ferdinand Ebner, and Gabriel Marcel (a group that later came to include Jozef Tischner), who developed the idea of the Other as a unique and unrepeatable entity, in more or less direct opposition to two phenomena that arose in the 20th century: the birth of the masses that abolished the separateness of the individual, and the expansion of destructive totalitarian ideologies.
  22. ideology
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group
    Levinas, as we know, was one of the philosophers of dialogue, along with Martin Buber, Ferdinand Ebner, and Gabriel Marcel (a group that later came to include Jozef Tischner), who developed the idea of the Other as a unique and unrepeatable entity, in more or less direct opposition to two phenomena that arose in the 20th century: the birth of the masses that abolished the separateness of the individual, and the expansion of destructive totalitarian ideologies.
Created on Mon Aug 10 09:33:20 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Aug 11 10:19:04 EDT 2020)

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