Weekly Vocab list

1)Topographic-(pg 369.) R&FR
Source Sentence-The most distinctive topographic features would be the enormous mountain ranges arranged in linear patterns that extend for thousands of kilometers.
Context clue- since it mentions mountain ranges and patterns i can sort of guess taht topographic means land features.
Original Sentence- The topography of the himalias mountains is very treacherous and cold.
Definition-the relief features or surface configuration of an area.
2)Disdain-(pg 386) R&FR
Source Sentence-The withdrawn child eyed her teacher with a hostile disdain.
Context Clue-Since the child's look is hostile i think the kid is ticked off so it must mean angry with.
Definition-to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
Original Sentence- The little girl looked at what her mother had served her for lunch and gave off a disdained look.
3)Psuedo- (pg 437)R&FR
Source Sentence- At thanksgiving, thousands of children parade in school pageants wearing plastic headdresses and psuedo-buckskin clothing.
Context Clue- since it is attached to buckskin im thinking that it might me mean something along the lines of half of or semi.
Definiton-almost, approaching, or trying to be.

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1)Elusive(TTTC pg 170)-
Context Clue-"he seemed to be chasing some creature just beyond reach, something elusive, a fish or a frog."; Since is says chasing and beyond reach i can infer that elusive means something hard to grasp, attain, or catch.
Original Sentence-The fugitive had been elusive from the police for years.
Definition-eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define
2)Traction (TTTC pg 174)
Context Clue-I was hard to get traction; with each movement the muck would grip their feet and hold tight.; Since it has something to do with restricted movement and since it also mentions it was hard to get "traction" i can infer that traction means forward movement.
Original Sentence-Since the roads were wet the car had poor "traction" and could not avoid the accident.
Defintion-the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road
3)Happenstance(TTTC pg 175)
Context Clue- "Because even the rain was preferable to being sucked under a shit field, and because it was all a matter of luck and happenstance"; Since it happenstance sounds like circumstance and seems to have the same meaning i can infer that happenstance means that its dependent on certain events.
Original Sentence- It was a matter of happenstance that i was able to find parking this morning.
Definition-a chance happening or event.

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1.Flam: (E&FR pg 381)
original sentence: "If you were asked whether you would rather be the victim of a hoax, a fraud, or a flam, what would you say?"
Knowing that hoax and fraud is the same thing i can infer that flam probably means the same thing as a hoax or a fraud.
verbatum definiton: a deception or trick.
2.Emulate (E&FR pg 390)
original sentence: "These types of films also give our young people the introduction to real accessible heroes about whom they can learn more and perhaps even emulate."
Since children are always trying to copy thier heroes i can make a educated guess that emulate means to copy or impersonate.
verbatum definition: to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass
3.refutation: (E&FR pg 439)
original sentence: "An effective arguement often includes a refutation of counterarguments a line of reasoning that can be used to deny or refute what the writer is arguing for"
Context clue: they compare deny and refute so i can infer that refute means to deny an arguement since arguement and counterarguments are menttioned, so in other words argue a opposing view.
verbatum definition: Something, such as an argument, that refutes someone or something.

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Tangible(TTTC pg 155)
Original Sentence: At one point he had enrolled in the junior college in his hometown, but the course work, he said, seemed too abstract, too distant, with nothing real or tangible at stake, certainly not the stakes of a war.
Dictionary Verbatum-real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary

Omit(TTTC pg 159.)
Original Sentence:I had been forced to omit the shit field and the rain and the death of Kiowa, replacing this material with events that better fit the book's narrative.
Context Clue: From the way the sentence is worded i can infer that omit means to leave out something.
Dictionary Verbatum:to leave out; fail to include or mention

Fritter(TTTC pg 196)
Original Sentence: You just don't fritter away all your luck.
Context Clue:From the orignal sentence i can guess that fritter means to throw away.
Dicitonay Verbatum: to squander or disperse piecemeal