Vocab. jan. 10

LA Vocabulary!

Week of January 10, 2011

adversitynoun

Bad luck; trouble

“First one has to endure adversity,” he assured his mother, “then you become famous.” (pg.423)

intimidatedverb

Scared; made timid

He was too anxious to please, to easily intimidated. (pg.423)

appealedverb

To be attractive or interesting to someone

He had one hobby that appealed to adults and children alike. (pg. 423)

vainadjective

Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.

…but he was vain, too, and he loved to be photographed. (pg.423)

repelledverb

Disgusted; drove away

The women who chose him repelled him. (pg. 423)

melancholyadjective

Sad; gloomy

When he was feeling especially melancholy, Andersen would get bad toothaches… (pg.424)

biographynoun

The story of a person’s life, written by another person

“Written life”

auto-biographynoun

A writer’s account of his/her own life, written in first-person

“Self-written life”

first-personadjective

When a writer refers to his/herself, using first-person pronouns like: I, me, us, our, my mine

third-personadjective

When a writer refers to things/people other than him/herself, using pronouns like: his, her, their, he, she, they, them

I hated thinking of her as someone who might be prejudiced against black people. (pg. 68)