ENGLISH NOTES LAST LEG - Bell Work 03/31/2016 1. Blight- noun- something that harms or destroys 2. Parry- verb- to evade especially by a clever

Bell Work03/31/2016 °1. Blight- noun- something that harms or destroys °2. Parry- verb- to evade especially by a clever answer °3. Bumptious- adjective- proud or confident in a loud or rude way that annoys other people °4. Celerity- noun- rapidity of motion or action °5. Doleful- adjective- exceedingly sad or full of grief ° °His BUMPTIOUS BLIGHT was his demise because when he was asked to prove why he was so great, he PARRIED the question with CELERITY leaving people DOLEFUL because he was so misguided. ° °1. which meets on Thursday, class °2. that won first place, poem °3. that was set, time °4. which they handled very well, duties °5. that was wrecked, car °6. who originated the idea, one °7. whom they named, man °8. that is far from here, state °9. when graduation exercises will be held, time °10. that I must take, examination ° °1. Conscript: v- to force (someone to serve in the armed forces)

°2. Scrupulous: adj- very careful about doing something correctly °3. Grisly: adj- causing horror or fear: very shocking °4. Polyglot: n- a person who speaks more than one language °5. Puerile: adj- silly or childish especially in a way that shows a lack of seriousness or good judgment ° °The POLYGLOT was not SCRUPULOUS in his PUERILE decision to be a dual citizen and was GRISLY because of the looming CONSCRIPTION of two countries. ° °skinny + °bony - °angular + °emaciated - °gaunt - °malnourished - °scrawny - °slender + °willowy + °thin + °anorexic – °Malnourished is powerful because it literally means badly nourished, and it sounds cold. Anorexic is powerful because it details an eating disorder. Emaciated shows how bony and thin and all skin and bones that the person is. These words paint a descriptive picture in your head that shows what the person being described by these words looks like. ° °And these are thetearswe cry in our sleepthat fall for the babywith nothing to eat, born of thegirlwho’s killing her brain, smoking thecrackthat numbs the pain, bought from the boy feeling the heat, chased by thecop working his beatwho battles thegang, fleet and elite, that rules the streetof a town inpainthat cries for the drugknown as cocaine, made from theplantsthat people can’t eat, raised by thefarmerswho work in the heatand fear thesoldierswho guard themanwho lives in the housethat crack built.

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