With Michelle's request....

Page 147: mahogany- any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, esp. S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture. The beautifully carved table was made out of mahogany.
Page 150: varicose- abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen. The bug bite that I got this summer was varicose and very big.
Page 152: poletarian- hmmm... can't find it... does anyone know what it is???
Page 168: spaciousness- containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large. In the room, the mess was the spaciousness, taking up almost the whole floor.
Page 168: demur- to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object. During the trial, there were a lot of demur creating a lot more interesting trial.
Page 168: Wainscoting- (I did this word before but here it is anyways.) paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted. (wainscoted: wood, esp. oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls)

i will be accepting more requests until the due time.

Word Watcher Post 4!!!

OKAY YOU GUYS!!!! these words are the words I missed in my last post...

1. proprietor (page 100): the owner of a busines establishment, a hotel, etc. The proprietor in the front desk of the hotel was rude and aggrogant, he doesn't deserve to own one if he is going to act that way.
2. pavement (page 100): a paved road, highway, etc. The car dashed down the long pavement like a lightning bult.
3. residue (page 156): something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remant. The residue of the dinner last night felt like bunch of trash the next day because I ate too much yesterday.
4. syme (page 147): I spelled it right but it's not in the dictionary either... If anyone knows please comment and tell me :D
5. incredulity (page 120): the quality or state of being incredulous(incresulous: disclined or indisosed to believe; skeptical); inability or unwillingness to believe. The way Annalee told the reason why she couldn't come felt like she was incredulity because she was lazy.

I hoped this helped :D

Word Watcher

if you guys have words that you don;t know just tell me just it's my job and i picked words that caught my eyes so... :D

Word Watcher: Post 3

Okay you guys I forgot to post some so i just put them all at once. I hope that's okay with you guys :P

1. proles (Page 88): a member of proletariat (poletariat: the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their libing by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual empolyment; the working class.) But in the book it means prostitute.
   


2. incongruous (page 99): out of keeping or place; inapproapriate; unbecoming.


3. shopfront (page 99): the front side of a stor facing the street; usually contains display windows.


4. farthing (page 100): a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961. A farthing is no longer used anymore after 1961.
   


5. reconnoitering (page 100):to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes. In a war, it's very important to reconnoitering so that no one from the enemy to find out.
   


6. shirking (page 100): to evade (evade: to escape from by trickery or cleverness). On April Fool's Day, you have to shirk around just in case someone tricks you.
   


7. proprieter (page): I can't find this... i will get back at you guy... maybe I spelled it wrong.
   


8. parement (page 100): Same goes to this one...
   


9. bowels (page 101): the intestine. My bowels are used to dispose the food particles we don't need.
   


10. rackety (page 161): making or causing a racket; noisy. The crowd of the party got too excited and the house was way to rackety.
    


11. superfluous (page 161): being more than is sufficient or required; excessive. If you are superfluos with food, you might end up with a bad stomachache.
    


12. obsolete: no longer in general use; fallen into disuse. The sock was obsolete because it's too old.
    


13. residuel (page 156): i can't find this too...
    


14. syme (page 147): i can't find this also.
    


15. incresulity (page 120): i can't find this too.
    


16. wainscot (page 144): wood, esp. oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls. Walking through a wainscot, can calm you down.
    


17. solipsism (page 266): the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist. Believing in solipsism, can make people think that you are conceited.
    


18. mutilating (page 281): to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts. If you play sport with all your might, you will mutilate your body.
    

I thought the book started using less vocabulary that I didn't know :P and I will post more stuff, things like the words I couldn't find.

Word Watcher: Part 2

ok this is for pages 65-80... it's not a lot but I did what I had to...

1. racketeer (pg 72): a person who commits crimes such as extortion, loansharking, bribery, and obsruction of justice in furtherance of illegal business activities.(this also means lovers of rackets... I find that interesting and funny.) Being a racketeer can lead to bad reputation.
2. dinginess (pg 74): of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness. You have dinginess if you stay out in the sand too much.
3. listlessness (pg 74): having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent. Some people might feel listlessness happens when you watch a bad TV show.
4. ruinous (pg 77): bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous. Walking into a thunder storm is a ruinous behavior.
5. frontispiece (pg 80): an illustration that faces or immediately procedes the title page of a book, book section, or magazine. Many children books have frontispiece as an introduction.

I hope this helped you guys (again).

Word Watcher: Post 1

Hey, you guys! It's me Opal. :D This was suppose to be posted up yesterday or today morning but my internet was acting weird do I couldn't. I can't do it as fast because (as I said before) sometimes my computer goes crazy but I got some words that caught my eyes. I wasn't sure what a word watcher was suppose to do but I heard that a word watcher is suppose to look up words and make sentences with it. But here it is! (It's for pages 1-65)

1. oblong (pg 2): elongate, usually from the square or circular form. The cheese oblonged off the pizza.
2. sanguine (pg 2): cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident. The new kid in school walked sanguinely down the hallway.
3. ramify (pg 4): to divide or spread out into branched or branchlike parts; extend into subvixions. There are laws ramify into many differnt types.
4. slummy (pg 6): not in the dictionary. If anyone knows, please tell me because now I'm curious.
5. porpoise (pg 8): any of several small, gegarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific. Whales and dolphins are common porpoises.
6. jewess (pg 8): a Jewish girl or woman. "There comes the jewess, Abby," said a mean 10 years old girl.
7. burrow (pg 8): a hole or tunnel in the ground madde by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refudge. We saw the rabbit's round tail peeking out of the burrow.
8. physique (pg 11): physical or bodily structure, appearance, or development. The physique of a football player is buff and strong.
9. telescreen (pg 2): a television screen, especially, a large one suitable for viewing by large number of people. When we looked into the telescreen, there was a picture of a big bear.
10. renegade (pg 11): a person who deserts a party or cause for another. After the fight, we knew that she was going to renegade us for a long time.
11. turf (pg ): a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots. We examined the turf and found interesting plants and roots.
12. zealot (pg 28): a person who shows a lot of zeal (zeal: fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desireor endeavor; enthusiatic diligence; ardor). Just before the marking period ends many student turn zealot so they can achieve the last minute grade "fix-up".
13. annihilate (pg 27): to reduce, to utter, ruin, or nonexistance; destroy utterly. The atomic bomb was an annihilation to the town.
14. unalterable (pg 30): not capable of being altered, changed, or modified. Making a unalterable mistake can be a habbit or just personalility.
15. boughs: a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches. The boughs can scare you at nights when you are alone.
16. shrewish: having the desposition of a shrew (shrew: a women of violent temper and speech; termagant). I sometimes show the shrewish side of me.
17. collate (pg ): to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheet of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc). When you have a lot of files, wou must collate them to be organized.
18. pneumatic (pg 43): of or pertaining to air, gases, or wind. The pneumatic tube in the tank was broken.
19. cubicle (pg 42): a small space or compartment partitioned off. The drawer was full of cubicles for small tools.
20. gin (pg 18): an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries. A girl tried a sip of gin and walked away with a sickening expression.
21. saccharine (pg 50): of the nature of or resembling that of sugar. The secret powder had a saccharine taste.
22. pannikin (pg 50): a small pan or metal cup. The warm soup was made and poured into a pannikin.
23. subsidiary (pg 52): serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary. (sorry guys, I can't think of a sentence for this)
24. strident (pg 53): making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking. The teacher made a strident noise by scratching the chalkboard to get the class' attention.
25. ill-omened (pg 55): having or attended by bad omen; ill-starred (omen: anything percieved or happening that is believed to prtend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; potent. ill-starred: doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky). Some religion believe that people are born being ill-omened or become ill-omened.
26. inscrutable (pg 60): incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable. If you did nothing wrong, there's no point of being inscrutable.
27. proliferate (pg 60): to grow or produce by muliplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation. Cancer is when cells proliferate abnormally.
28. bombardment (pg 60): to attack or batter with artillery fire. Someone holded up a bombardment as a weapon.
29. alluring (pg 64): very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive. The warm apple pie was alluring when I'm not allowed to eat them before dinner.
30. debauchery (pg 65): excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure; intemperance. The smell of Thanksgiving dinner was very debauchery.

(i got all the definitions from dictionary.com)

I know I didn't read all 100 pages but I did something :D Hope this helps you guys.