Vocabulary List Five ERWC - PowerPoint Presentation

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Vocabulary List Five

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Blather

Verb

Blathers, blathered, blathering

To talk on and on about nothing importantI could take no more of his blathering, so I got up and left.Slide3

Harrowing

Adjective

Deeply disturbing or frightening

Going to Wal-Mart on Black Friday can be a harrowing experience.Slide4

circumspect

Adjective

Cautious, careful, avoiding errors

Literally means “look around” (Circum- around, spect- look)He took a moment and gave a

circumspect

response when she asked who was texting him.Slide5

disavow

Verb

To strongly deny something

Biggie disavowed having anything to do with Tupac’s death.Slide6

impassive

Adjective

Showing little or no emotion

Marshawn Lynch, running back for the Raiders, is notoriously impassive during interviews.Slide7

laconic

Adjective

Using few words/soft-spoken

Because he was generally

laconic

, everyone paid attention when he finally spoke up.Slide8

vilify

Verb

Vilifies, vilified, vilifying

To portray as bad or evil The politician vilified his opponent by claiming that he punched babies.Slide9

pompous

Adjective

Arrogant/full of oneself

He made a pompous speech about how amazing he was. Slide10

Proliferation (of)

Noun

Usually in conjunction with “of”

A rapid increase in numbers or amountThe proliferation of smartphones has seemingly led to a proliferation of dumb people.Slide11

Admonish

Verb

To warn firmly (against or about something)

I admonished my friend not to try to hug the panda, but he was brash and did anyway.Slide12

counterintuitive

Adjective

“The opposite of what you would expect”

Some couples are counterintuitive when you look at them because one person is far more attractive than the other.Slide13

dubious

Adjective

Sketchy/suspicious/of uncertain meaning

Dr. Oz made some dubious claims about vitamins, which got him in trouble.Slide14

disdain

Noun

“An attitude that someone or something is beneath you”

Disdainful: Adj.(Think of Draco Malfoy’s attitude)

He cast a

disdainful

glance in my direction, so I flipped him off.Slide15

Compunction

Noun

A feeling of guilt or remorse

Martin Shkreli showed no

compunction

for jacking up the price of vital medications.Slide16

Counterargument

Create a response that begins with the following point:

Our thesis: It is OK to keep animals in captivity.

Some people, like Adam Jensen, argue that scientists who want to do research on animals should observe them in their natural habitat instead of in captivity.Now acknowledge and redirect:

How it that kind of a good idea?

Then…

Why is it also good, or even better, to observe them in captivity?

Why might it even be necessary to observe them in captivity?Slide17

Counterargument

Some people, like Adam Jensen, argue that scientists who want to do research on animals should observe them in their natural habitat instead of in

captivity. Jensen raises a fair point; however,

while observing animals in the wild is certainly valuable, scientists are often able to learn much more from a captive animal because they are easier to track than in nature. In addition, it is these large animals in captivity that help generate the money for scientists to do their research on animals in the wild (“How Zoos…”). The research that is done in natural environments can be done because the captive animals help provide the funds to do so. Slide18

Before we begin writing

Fill in the blanks in this conversation with a partner:

“I am (opposed to/in favor of) the stop and frisk program.”

One reason is…For example…Another reason is…

For example

Those who disagree with me might say…

But…