Motivational Quote

There Are Three Types Of People In This World, Ones Who Make Things Happen, Ones Who Watch Things Happen, And Ones Who Wonder What happend. -Notorious B.I.G

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Vocabulary list #3

1. Reticence- (adj) Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved

Original Sentence- To  an extent, i suppose, his reticence was typical of that part of Minnesota, where privacy still held value, and even if i'd been walking around with some horrible deformity four arms and three heads I'm sure the old man would've talked about everything except those extra arms and heads. (pg. 51)

Type of Context- In some countries you dont have any reticence because of ther political leaders.

2. Surreal- (adj) Of pertaining to, or characteristics of surrealism.

Original Sentence- And then afteward, when you go to tell about it, there is always that surreal seemingness, which makes the story seem untrue, but wich in fact represents the hard and exact truth as it seemed. (pg 71)

Type of Context-  What is fact or fiction.

3. Credibility- (adj) Capable of being believed.

Original Sentence- Its a question of credibility. (pg71)

Type of Context- People now a days cant get any credibility.

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