Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Vocabulary Chapters 11 and 12 (Charlie Warnes)

1. Applicable (pg. 147) = Can be applied; relevant or appropriate.
2. Disposition (pg. 150) = Temperament or frame of mind; manner of placing or arranging.
3. Nonchalant (pg.150) = Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent.
4. Hindsight (pg.151) = The ability to understand, after something has happened, what should have been done or what caused the event.
5. Utterly (pg.152) = Completely; absolutely; entirely.
6. Exploiting (pg. 152) = To use or manipulate something to one’s advantage.
7. Blue-collar (pg.153) = Relating to wage earners, especially as a class, whose jobs are performed in work clothes and often involve manual labor.
8. Animosity (pg.162) = A powerful and active dislike or hostility; enmity.
9. Flak (pg. 163) = A great deal of adverse criticism.
10. Condescension (pg.165) = The act or instance of behaving in a patronizing way.

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