Friday, April 25, 2008

The Vocabulary word from " China feels the heat"

Ire

Noun

From this sentence: If China craves international legitimacy, the regime fears the nationalist ire of the people even more. I took a guess to what the word meant which i had guessed outrage of some type

The Ire from the basketball coach when half the team was last for practice before the Championship game put the team on edge.

Vocab words from "China feels the heat"

Xenophobic

Noun

Based from this article in a Newsweek magazine i was able to get an idea of what the word meant because of the racial issue and discrimination going on in china

The Nazi regime created a very Xenophobic society

Monday, April 21, 2008

To do list



1. Finish my rough draft to turn in on Wednesday for English 103
2. Start and finish my research proposal to turn in on wednesady for Speech 101
3. Finish assigned math homework for wednesday
4. Study for Vocab test on wednesday

Monday, April 7, 2008

To do list



To do List:
1. Finish my speech proposal for wednesday
2.Read an article from the book "Torture" for a presentation on Wed.

Monday, March 31, 2008

newweek vocab Post #3

  1. Reconiliation
  2. Noun
  3. My understanding of the word reconciliation form reading the Article "Scions of the Serge"in Newsweek magazine, is to make peace or settle a dispute after a worngful act.
  4. His constant push to get community leaders to talk may be the best way to make amends. Just don't call it reconciliation.
  5. The process of making consistent or compatible.
  1. Ubiquitous
  2. Adjective
  3. By reading the sentence in an article about the war in Iraqi was able to get some understand of the word ubiquitous; hidden or in secret.
  4. Working through the ubiquitous translater Ali,X began to communicate with Wright every day, building trust.
  5. Existing or being elsewhere, aspecially at the same time, omnipresent

Newsweek Vocab Post #1

  1. Fugitive
  2. Noun
  3. Wrights boss, Lutient Col. Walter Piatt, decided that if they couldn't kill or capture the fugitive, they co-opt him
  4. Based on my prior knowledge and from reading the article I was able to figure out the definition of this term, a person who was held captive or prisoner. The article is about war so that also helped.
  5. A person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstance.
  6. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fugitive