Vocab

Modicum:a moderate or small amount

1.He hasn’t even a modicum of common sense in his body.

Nonentity: a person or thing of no importance

2.We threw away all the nonentities we didn’t need.

Amass: to come together; assemble

3.They all amassed into a huge crowd.

Extricate: to free or release from entanglement; disengage

4.He extricated her from the rope he had tied her up with.

Paucity: smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness

5.She had a paucity amount of pens , that she couldn’t give one to everyone that needed one.

Instead of Living in a Home; A Motel Room

Victims (families) of the recession are being majorly affected.Some are even living in garages besides Motel Rooms across America. Most are recieving none to little public aid. One family a news crew interviewed is living in one motel room with 4 children. It’s hard these days! Be thankful for what you have.

California Supreme Court appears likely to uphold gay marriage ban (Article 2/17)

 This article is useful and interestting because its stating updates on the infamous Propostion 8 . It went through Californias Supreme Court today in San Franisco . Also giving information how the Courts do not decide the fate of Prop 8 ; and today it would be going against last years Supreme Court decision. But it is up to voters and legislatures to make the final saying in this . My opinion is they say it might go against the Constitution ; i think its their right and their choice to marry whoever they’d like if theyre in love . So they should aknowledge it.

Vocab 2/17

Emollient:having the power of softening or relaxing

1.He was given some emollient medication to calm down his seizure.

Enmity:a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred

2.I enmity doing chores , especially the deadful washing dishes chore.

Fracas:A noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel

3.We got involved into a huge fracas involving the whole school.

Macabre:gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible

4.Last night we were watching such a macabre movie , it was so gruesome i almost vommited.

Meliorate:to make better; improve

I meliorated my grades by studying for tests and raising my scores.

Vocab 2/10/09

Erratic:irregular; changeable , having no certain course.

1.His erratic behavior left us on edge, not knowing what he would do next.

Flagrant:notorious; scandalous

2.She’s known for her flagrant outfits , shocking everyone at get togethers.

Grievance: a complaint or resentment

3.You could notice her grievance for him , how she hated to be near him or hear him voice.

Indelible: that cannot be eliminated, forgotten, changed

4.I’ve made some indelible mistakes in my past that i cannot take away or change, but learn from.

Loathe:to feel disgust or intense hate for

5.We as students, loathe waking up Monday mornings for school.

Clinton criticizes Israel plan to raze Palestinian homes : 2/11/09

The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary  Clinton, in criticism of Israel, said  on Wednesday that its plan to destroy dozens of Palestinian homes in Arab East Jerusalem was “unhelpful” and contrary to Israel’s obligations under a U.S.-backed peace plan.

I think this article is letting us know how other economic plans are going and how they work besides ours.

Vocab 2/3/09

Amiable: friendly, sociable.

1.She’s completely amiable , that anyone can be her friend .

Besiege:to close in on, crowd around.

2.Everyone besiege around the two boys as if they were going to fight.

Cadaverous:corpse-like , pallor.

3.Her expression on her face was cadaverous when she found out the horrible news.

Ductile:capable of being easily persuaded or influenced

4.He is very ductile , i can make him do anything i ask him to do.

Exuberant:joyful , enthusiastic

5.That crowd last night was so exuberant , it was hard to be sad.

China ‘faces most difficult year” 2/2/09

Due to economic glabal crisis , Chinas Premier Wen Jiabao.Mr Wen said that there would be a $585billion (£413bn) investment program to stimulate the Chinese economy.He aslso states that he wants to boost consumption and raise consumer demand.

I chose this article because I thought its interesting to read about another countries economy.

Sri Lanka Cricket Team Attacked

Two were said to have received “superficial” bullet wounds. Early reports say that five policemen were killed and three injured.

Sri Lankan media, quoting the sports minister, said four players received minor injuries in the attack — Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavithana.

Television footage showed glimpses of the assailants, running through the streets, with machine guns in hand, rucksacks on their backs.

The attack, in Gulberg, a upmarket area of the city, happened around 9am local time. The gunmen remain at large, having fled from the scene.Police cordoned off the area, saying they would kill or capture the terrorists. The team had been travelling towards the nearby cricket stadium.

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• Sri Lanka Cricket Team

‘This was a planned terrorist attack’

• Some of the gunmen remain at large having fled from scene
• Early reports say that five policemen were killed in attack

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• Saeed Shah
• guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 March 2009 07.00 GMT
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Gunmen carried out a commando-style attack this morning on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team and their police escort in Lahore, wounding at least six of the players.

In scenes reminiscent of the terrorist assault on Mumbai in November, armed extremists attacked with heavy weapons, spraying the Sri Lankan team’s bus with bullets as it drove to the Gadaffi stadium in Lahore, according to witnesses and cricket officials.

Two were said to have received “superficial” bullet wounds. Early reports say that five policemen were killed and three injured.

Sri Lankan media, quoting the sports minister, said four players received minor injuries in the attack — Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavithana.

Television footage showed glimpses of the assailants, running through the streets, with machine guns in hand, rucksacks on their backs.

The attack, in Gulberg, a upmarket area of the city, happened around 9am local time. The gunmen remain at large, having fled from the scene.

Police cordoned off the area, saying they would kill or capture the terrorists. The team had been travelling towards the nearby cricket stadium.

The top policeman in Lahore city force, Habibur Rehman, said that there were around 12 gunmen, at least some of whom arrived in auto-rickshaws, who attacked the Sri Lankan team bus as it made its way to the Gaddafi Stadium.

“Because the police were protecting them (Sri Lankan team), we were the main victims,” said Rehman. “They (the gunmen) looked like trained people. The security provided was good.”

A rocket launcher and grenades were recovered from the scene. The Sri Lankan team, which was playing a Test match against Pakistan in Lahore, is to be evacuated immediately.

Vocab

frivolous;care free lack of seriousness.

1. She became so frivolous at the end of her school year that she began to give up on her school work.

facsimile;an exact copy , duplicate (ex. book , paint or manuscript)

2.The writer for the movie had to make a facsimile in order to give it to the director for the film production.

irksome;causing annoyance

3.My nephews screaming in my room while I’m trying to do my homework is a complete irksome.

grotesque;odd/strange in shape or form.ugly absurd or bizzare.

4.I woke up at 3 in the morning from a dream about hideous monsters!

subvert;to cause downfall , overturn , ruin or destruct

5.The empire was subverted by rebels of the country, in order to take over.