Unit 1: Selection Vocabulary 2

This list covers Sorry, Wrong Number, "Violence in the Movies," and A Night to Remember.
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  1. fussy
    exacting especially about details
    Expensive, rather fussy furnishings.
  2. querulous
    habitually complaining
    MRS. STEVENSON [a querulous, self-centered neurotic]: Oh—dear!
  3. neurotic
    a person suffering from a mental disturbance causing worry
    MRS. STEVENSON [a querulous, self-centered neurotic]: Oh—dear!
  4. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
    SCENE: A spotlight, left of side flat, picks up out of peripheral darkness, figure of 1st OPERATOR, sitting with headphones at small table.
  5. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
    MRS. STEVENSON [louder and more imperious, to phone]: Hello. Who’s this? What number am I calling, please?
  6. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
    In 2000, researchers from six leading professional medical organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association, reviewed hundreds of scholarly studies on media violence and its influence on aggressive behavior in children.
  7. desensitization
    the process of reducing sensitivity
    Another 2005 review of such studies, published by The Lancet and reported by the New York Times, found that “exposure to media violence leads to aggression, desensitization toward violence and lack of sympathy for victims of violence, particularly in children.”
  8. correlation
    a statistical relation between two or more variables
    Jonathan L. Freedman, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, reported “a very small correlation” between media violence and aggressive behavior in children.
  9. dictate
    determine, order, or control how something is done
    The violence we see in movies does not dictate how we act toward one another in real life.
  10. detached
    showing lack of emotional involvement
    “Thank you,” acknowledged the voice with curiously detached courtesy.
  11. myriad
    a large indefinite number
    As he paced the deck, he noticed what he and his mates called “Whiskers ‘round the Light”—tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights.
  12. steward
    the ship's officer who is in charge of dining arrangements
    They were dining-saloon stewards, indulging in the time-honored pastime of all stewards off duty—they were gossiping about their passengers.
  13. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    Mrs. Walter B. Stephenson recalled the first ominous jolt when she was in the San Francisco earthquake—then decided this wasn’t that bad.
  14. calico
    coarse cloth with a bright print
    Mrs. E. D. Appleton felt hardly any shock at all, but she noticed an unpleasant ripping sound...like someone tearing a long, long strip of calico.
Created on Mon Apr 12 09:36:11 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Apr 14 09:57:03 EDT 2021)

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