Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Vocab 1/14/14

Accoutrements- additional dress or equipment
Apogee- the highest point in development of something 
Apropos- with reference to; concerning.
Bicker- argue about petty & tribal manners.
Coalesce- come together & form one mass
Contretemps- an unexpected or unfortunate experience 
Convolution- a coil or twist 
Cull- select from a large quantity 
Disparate- especially different in kind; no comparison 
Dogmatic-inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.
Licentious- promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
Mete- dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.
Noxious- harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.
Polemic- a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
Populous-a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
Probity-the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.
Repartee- conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.
Supervene- occur later than a specified or implied event or action, typically in such a way as to change the situation.
Truncate- shorten (something) by cutting off the top or the end.
Unimpeachable- not able to be doubted, questioned, or criticized; entirely trust

Monday, January 13, 2014

Vocab 1/10/14

Adumbrate - report or represent in outline
Apotheosis - highest point in development 
Ascetic - to practice severe self dicipline
Contumacious - rebellious or disobedient 
Complement - to bring to perfection
Bauble- a small decoration
Beguile - to be charming & deceiving 
Curmudgeon- bad tempered 
Didactic - intended to teach 

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Eric's thoughts

I think the title is referring to the choice of forcing the medicine down her throat or her just doing it herself.. Maybe even having the choice to not do it at all?
In a way it's a choice but in the end it's almost mandatory to be treating her with it because I feel as if there was no other alternative.
Poison meaning it is harmful to the body because it's killing all the cells in general not just cancer cells. & he may have called it that because when you think of poison you think of illness or death.. & going through this with his daughter may
be the closest thing you get to feeling a sense of death without actually physically dying.
I think he should let her do whatever she wishes, at this point in her life.
Have an affect or impact as many other people's lives as I possibly can.
Conditions just like ones in this story are more than a good reason to force discomfort on someone for the better.
It's the simple terms of "put yourself in somebody else's shoes" that makes us emotional over someone else's struggles. While reading this, I imagined I had a daughter that I loved & cared for & I had
to watch her fight off something that has the potential of killing her.. Then thinking if she survived what would be the outcome. Putting myself in his position probably didn't give me hear the real feeling of being Eric; but made me understand why I should be so grateful for life I live.