Saturday, November 14, 2009

Some words I found while reading

Camioneta- van

Campesinos- peasants

Phalanx- a compact or closely massed body of persons, animals, or things

Asylum- a place offering protection and safety; a shelter

Guerrillas- a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.

Prodigal- giving or yielding profusely

Jargon- any talk or writing that one does not understand

Indelicacy- something indelicate, as language or behavior

Schizophrenic- Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.Ensuing-

Cajole- to persuade by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language

Ominous- portending evil or harm

Melodrama- a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization

Burlesque- to make ridiculous by mocking representation

Likelier- seeming like truth, fact, or certainty

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