Monday, September 16, 2013

Vocabulary


Source Sentence: "Just humping, one step and then the next and then another, but no VOLITION, no will, because it was automatic, it was anatomy, and the war was entirely a matter of posture and carriage..."
Context Clue: Example
Context Clue Explanation: The definition is stated after the word.
Original sentence: She had the volition to finally leave her cheating boyfriend.



Source Sentence: "The hump was everything, a kind of INERTIA, a kind of emptiness..."
Context Clue: Example
Context Clue Explanation: The definition is stated after the word.
Original sentence: After walking all day, I felt a kind of inertia.



Source Sentence: "It was the great American war chest- the fruits of science, the smokestacks, the canaries, the ARSENALS of Hartford..."
Context Clue: Your logic
Context Clue Explanation: We can use our logic because it talks about a "war chest" which carries things such as weapons so we can infer what the word means.
Original sentence: She arrived to a meeting with interesting arsenal of new reseatch

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