Week 3: Vocab

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The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
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  1. futile (pg 3)- incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
  2. unrelentingly (pg 6)- not yielding in strength, severity, or determination.
  3. abject (pg 7)- completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.
  4. scrutinizes (pg 9)- examine or inspect closely and thoroughly
  5. aglow (pg 13)- glowing.
  6. constitutes (pg 14)- be (a part) of a whole
  7. irie (pg 20)- (chiefly in Jamaican English) nice, good, or pleasing (used as a general term of approval).
  8. bogus (pg 22)- not genuine or true; fake.
  9. patois (pg 24)- the dialect of the common people of a region, differing in various respects from the standard language of the rest of the country.
  10. incarnations (pg 24)- a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality.
  11. ethiopia (pg 24)- the oldest independent country in Africa
  12. colloquial (pg 25)- (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
  13. obsolete (pg 26)- no longer produced or used; out of date.
  14. moleskin (pg 28)- a thick, strong cotton fabric with a shaved pile surface.
  15. copacetic (pg 28)- in excellent order.
  16. berates (pg 29)- scold or criticize (someone) angrily.
  17. scoffs (pg 31)- speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
  18. anatomical (pg 32)- relating to bodily structure.
  19. pearlescent (pg 32)- having a luster resembling that of mother-of-pearl.
  20. carapace (pg 32)- the hard upper shell of a turtle, crustacean, or arachnid.
  21. debonair (pg 32)- (of a man) confident, stylish, and charming.
  22. cynicism (pg 34)- an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism.
  23. angst (pg 39)- a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general.

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