Unit 4: Selection Vocabulary 3

This list covers "Cherokee Family Reunion," Funny in Farsi, and "On the Painting of the Sistine Chapel."
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  1. hooligan
    a rowdy, violent, and typically youthful troublemaker
    We don’t know anything about these kids. They could be thieves. Hooligans.
  2. smitten
    marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
    CHRISTOPHER dramatically sweeps AUNT NELL into his arms and leads her into a dance. LIZZIE and AUNT POLLY are smitten.
  3. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
    How about a Friendship Dance? To share the culture you are proud of with your new step siblings.
  4. traditional
    consisting of or derived from a practice of long standing
    The traditional Cherokee Quail Dance?
  5. chemistry
    the way two individuals relate to each other
    CHRISTOPHER and LIZZIE bump into each other on the porch. It’s instant chemistry.
  6. coincidental
    occurring or operating at the same time
    I, too, had been sad at Farid's departure, but my sorrow soon faded—not coincidentally, with the receipt of a package from him.
  7. consult
    advise professionally
    My father, Kazem, an engineer with the National Iranian Oil Company, had been assigned to consult for an American firm for about two years.
  8. facilitate
    make easier
    To facilitate my adjustment, the principal arranged for us to meet my new teacher, Mrs. Sandberg, a few days before I started school.
  9. negate
    make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
    I was especially mad at my mother, because she had negated the positive impression I had made previously by reciting the color wheel.
  10. futile
    unproductive of success
    After making one last futile attempt at communication, they waved good-bye. Unable to thank them in words, we smiled even more broadly.
  11. toil
    productive work, especially physical work done for wages
    In this hard toil I’ve such a goiter grown,
    Like cats that water drink in Lombardy,
    (Or wheresoever else the place may be)
    That chin and belly meet perforce in one.
  12. goiter
    enlarged thyroid gland, often from iodine deficiency
    In this hard toil I’ve such a goiter grown,
    Like cats that water drink in Lombardy,
    (Or wheresoever else the place may be)
    That chin and belly meet perforce in one.
  13. mosaic
    a pattern resembling small pieces of colored stone or glass
    ...my paintbrush all the day
    Doth drop a rich mosaic on my face.
  14. loin
    either side of the backbone between the hipbones and ribs
    My loins have entered my paunch within
    My nether end my balance doth supply,
    My feet unseen move to and fro in vain.
  15. utmost
    of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
    In front to utmost length is stretched my skin
    And wrinkled up in folds behind, while I
    Am bent as bowmen bend a bow in Spain.
Created on Thu Dec 03 08:06:14 EST 2020 (updated Tue Dec 08 10:32:33 EST 2020)

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