Vocabulary+-+Clair

1. **Gambit** - taking a risk to make a sacrifice for compensating reward or advantage

The Boss worked so hard to build up a business for his son, but the **gambit** turned in to a vain attempt when his son died. After the incident, Boss spent six years mourning his son's death, but on the day when Mr. Woodfield mentioned his son's grave, the boss could not cry for some reason. His not crying over his son's death went against the canonical routine that was his life for the past 6 years.

2. **inveterate** - having a habit or interest that is unlikely to change or long-established

Example: She has a queer inveterate interest in herbs.

3. **pinguid** - resembling fat; oily or greasy

Example: The little baby had a pinguid face, but his face was still round and cute.

4. **Teleological** - moving forward in a purposeful manner to a known end

One story that is teleological is Wanderer in the Valley. In the beginning of the story, there are many evidences that foreshadow that not everything is going to go well with the woman's plan which was to keep the visitor as her daughter-in-law, and live happily. Because everything goes well with the coming of the visitor in the beginning of the story, you know that something unexpected or bad is bound to happen. The visitor's extreme obedience also leads to her betrayal to the woman in a teleological manner

5. **sophism** - a fallacious argument that is deliberately used to deceive

An encyclopedia that Bioy mentioned that the real world is just an illusion or a "sophism." It is ironic to call the real world a deception, but in a way it kind of makes sense. In the real world, it's hard to grasp what the object really is in the present. There are always past experiences and preconceptions that get in the way of making an unbiased judgment. That is how the heresiarchs came about with the world of Tlon. They wanted a world that is actually more realistic than the real world. They wanted a logical and objective world where no nouns (or labels) exist, and everything is viewed in the present with a new perspective.

6. Please correct the following sentence: the boston common a public area in downtown bosteon is the main settin for the shrot story __the Patriot__ which is about a man who argues to such an extent that it became inveterate.

7. **endemic**- (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area 8. **castration** - to deprive of power, vitality, or vigor
 * Gregor's family situation in which the oldest son does everything he can to support the family is quite endemic in poor areas.
 * Gregor's pinguid father was unable to work, which is why Gregor had to earn the money for the family.
 * Gregor's physical form after turning into a vermin is inveterate, which was why Gregor's family lost hope and stopped taking care of Gregor.
 * inculcate** - to instill an idea or habit by persistent instruction

The reading talks a lot about how women are visually perceived on screen or in a "spectacle." According to the article, women are often just pornographic displays for the audience and the male lead character in cinema, especially in Hollywood films. This representation of women __castrates__ them in a way so that they look more passive whereas the men look more powerful and active. Even in sports spectacles such as wrestling, men look very active and strong, whereas women's performances are viewed as "pornographic display" because of the __inculcated__ idea of women being visually represented as an object to look at.

9. **Epicurean** - a person devoted to sensual enjoyment, esp. that derived from fine food and drink. (doesn't always have a bad connotation)
 * iniquity** - immoral or grossly unfair behavior

10. **Diaphanous** - light, delicate, and translucent
 * Rapacious** - aggressively greedy or grasping

11. **Emissary** - a person sent on a special mission, especially as a diplomatic representative They considered him as an emissary from God meant to get rid of all the iniquities in the town. The message from John to the Mary was ciphered so that nobody knows what it means.
 * Cipher** - to put into a secret writing; encode

12. **COMPOUND SENTENCE WITH ELLIPTICAL CONSTRUCTION**

1. Which of the following doesn't work? Why. a. Bill played a musical number by Bach; Joan, Beethoven. b. Lou Williams was in for adultery; John Jones for gambling. c. His mother told him to rent a car; his sister, to pack the suitcases.


 * 'c' doesn't work because the sentence is meaning to say that his mother told his sister to pack the suitcases, not that his sister told him to pack the suitcases.**

2. Write your own original example.
 * Courteney played piano; Clair, flute.**

3. Find one from something you have read (this may take a couple of weeks).

13. **Paragraph about Frankenstein**

Robert Walton is a man with a magnificent dream: he wants to make a discovery that no other has made. He wishes to become a person as prominent and innovative as Shakespeare, and to achieve his dream, he needs to make some sacrifices. To gain the glory that he desperately wants, he has to suffer hard work, hunger, sleepless nights, and having no friends. But he pushes through everyday, and one day, he finds something that he has desperately wanted: he finds a friend.

14. **-- The following sentence has a lengthy series joined by repeated possessive pronouns. Do you think the sentenceis effective or weak? What feature contributes strength or detracts from te rhetorical effectiveness?**

"Walled off from the roaring traffic of the Embankment and Fleet Street and High Holborn, each Inn is a self-centered community with its own gardens, lush with cherry and magnolia, camelia, and crocus; its own library; its own dining hall; its labyrinth of walks and lawns; its blocks of offices and flats let out mostly to barristers." Robert Wernick, //Smithsonian//, May 1992

In my opinion, the repeated possessive pronouns make the sentence more effective. The purpose of the sentence is to show how self-centered inns are. By using "its" many times, it emphasizes the many things that the inn possesses, and therefore successfully implies the "selfishness" of the inn. And also, the longness of this sentence also reminds the readers of the overexcessive amount of of things that each inn has.

15. **__Use one of the vocab + sentence structure__** The first professor tried to inculcate the students with respect for culture; The second, technological advancement.

16. In __Frankenstein__, the first four letters and the preface I read weren't mainly about the story it covered: the intention of the writing and background of the narrator the book starts with an exploration of the narrator and covers a lot of topics through his letters. For example, loneliness and risks taken by discovery of new knowledge. It seems like the letters are foreshadowing what's coming up in the future of this book. -- Try for 3 sentences. There is a possibility of a colon AND a dash.