Word of the Day October 23-25

• Candor 
• Openness, being open 
• Noun 
• Gerald was very candor with the policeman when he was questioned. 
• Greg was always so candor, you could ask him anything and he would tell you the truth. 
• Apathetic 
• Lack of feeling or emotion 
• Adjective 
• The news reporter seemed oddly apathetic when covering a fatal car crash. 
• The apathetic man only shrugged when someone told him they hit his dog.
• Transitory 
• Temporary or brief 
• Adjective 
• There was a transitory moment when Chris thought he was being watched, but he soon came to the conclusion that he was being paranoid. 
• For a transitory moment, the stranded man thought he saw a boat out on the water.

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• Ferret 
• To bring notice of something forward
• Verb 
• The vaccine for polio was ferreted out by Jonas Salk.
• The rats in the kitchen were ferreted out by the exterminator.

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• Consecrated 
• Something that its made holy 
• Adjective 
• The consecrated Indian Burial Grounds cursed whoever settled on them.
• The church is a place for consecrated worship.

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• Rampant 
• Uncontrolled 
• Adjective 
• The dragon ran rampant throughout the town. 
• The rampant honey badger destroyed the home of the ants. 

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• Dislocate 
• To lose something 
• verb 
• I dislocated my phone, then found it after i bought a new one. 
• After Christine dislocated her wallet, her identity was stolen. 

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• Mandatory 
• Required 
• Adjective 
• The mandatory health inspection threatened to close the restaurant. 
• The assignment was mandatory and whoever didn't do it failed. 

Word of the Day October 10 & 11

• Labile
• Adaptable 
• Adjective 
• The honey badger is a very labile creature. 
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• Chromatic 
• Related to Colors 
• Adjective 
• The signs held up at the sports event were very chromatic. 
• His jersey collection was organized in a chromatic way. 

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• Gruesome 
• Ugly or Frightful 
• Adjective
• The injury was so gruesome I could hardly look at it.
• My friend's Halloween costume was gruesome. 

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• Desultory 
• Going from one thing to another without a logical order 
• Adjective 
• The recipe seemed to be desultory, but the cookies turned out to be exceptional  
• The student's essay was desultory.

Word of the Day October 1st & 2nd

• Camouflage 
• A disguise to used to blend in
• Noun 
• The soldier's camouflage allowed him to blend into the grass. 
•  My camouflage helped me blend in with the red wall. 
• Corpulent 
• Obese 
• Adjective 
• The corpulent man waddled his way into McDonald's for the 3rd time that day. 
• The slaughter house chose only the most healthy and corpulent cows for the meat. 

Gatsby

     I think that Gatsby represents the american dream in The Great Gatsby. From his childhood he would always hope of becoming successful, despite being the son of a farmer. He was able to achieve that goal, although not through entirely honorable means. Along the way he fell in love with Daisy. His desire to get her back is like the part of the american dream wanting to achieve something. In the end, however, he falls short. Most of the time when someone is pursuing the american dream, they don't fully achieve what they want.

Word of the Day September 26 & 27

• Boorish 
• Rude 
• Adjective
• The boorish man didn't apologize as he pushed the the crowd. 
• The boorish tourists drove 5 under the whole way. 
• Salvage 
• To rescue or save 
• Verb 
• I salvaged working parts from my computer after it broke. 
• The salvaged boat was pulled to shore to be investigated after it's wreak. 

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• Diverse 
• Being of many different kinds or qualities 
• Adjective 
• He had a diverse wardrobe because he wore something different every day.
• The rainbow has many diverse colors.

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• Felon 
• A criminal 
• Noun 
• The felon stood trial for robbing the gas station.  
• The felon was never caught.

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• Forestall 
• To prevent an anticipated event 
• Verb 
• I forestalled the efforts of the TPers by staying up all night. 
• Someone had forestalled attempt to break a world record by shooting me with a sleep dart. 

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• Aggravate 
• To annoy, make a situation worse 
• Verb 
• When dropped salt on my arm and it aggravated my wound. 
• My little cousin was aggravating me.

Lonely Myrtle

     In the Book The Great Gatsby the character Myrtle Wilson shows the theme of loneliness. She is lonely because she doesn't really love her spouse. In order to try and find happiness, she cheats on her husband with Tom Buchanan. However, she is still a very lonely character even with Tom. She wants to to divorce her husband so she can marry Tom, but Tom says that he can't convince Daisy to get a divorce because she's catholic. We soon learn this is a lie, making us assume that he doesn't really want to marry Myrtle most likely because she is lower-class than she is. What could make someone lonelier than that?

Word of the Day September 16th-19th

• Aver 
• To say something is true 
• Verb 
• I averred that I had done my homework, it was just at home.
• Sometimes i aver I didn't think practice was hard, even though I did.
• Celerity 
• A quick motion 
• Noun 
• I delivered the mail with celerity.
• The runner ran his race with celerity. 
• Repulsive 
• Disgusting 
• adjective 
• The burger at McDonald's was repulsive. 
• The repulsive hamburger came to life. 
• Benefactor
• Someone who helps others
• Noun 
• The benefactor was working at the soup kitchen.
• Free brownies were given out by a benefactor.