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=How We Watch Vocabulary= =Mrs. Trinkle - English 12= super great


 * __Directions from Mrs. Trinkle__**

**Include 5 vocab words. For each word, include the following:**

 * == **Word** ==
 * == **Page number & //Article Title.//** ==
 * == **(Part of speech)** ==
 * == **Definition** ==
 * == **"Sentence in which definition was found."** ==
 * == **Resource used to find definition** ==
 * == **(Name of person adding the entry)** ==

Sample Entry:
====**1. discombobulating:** Page 94, //Unspeakable Conversations//. (adj.) to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate "The site of me is routinely discombobulating." [] (Trinkle) ==== Having trouble understanding how a wiki works? Check out this video. media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY" height="390" width="480"
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 * 1) **apparatus:** Page94, //Unspeakable Conversations.// (noun) any complex instrument or mechanism for a particular purpose. "- all that apparatus taht might have kept me straight." [] (Kemp )
 * 2) **decrepitude:** Page 94, //Unspeakable Conversations.// (noun) decrepit condition; dilapidated state; feebleness, especially from old age. "I am in the first generation to survive to such decrepitude." [] (Kemp)
 * 3) **lucid:** Page 96, //Unspeakable Conversations.// (adj.) easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: // a lucid explanation. // "He responds to each point with clear and lucid counterarguments." //[]// (Kemp)
 * 4) **propitous:** Page 95, //Unspeakable Conversations.// (adj.) indicative of favor; auspicious:  propitious omens. "they consider it propitious to cross my path when a hurricane is coming and to kiss my head just before voting day." [] (Kemp)
 * 5) **reconnoiter:** Page 95, //Unspeakable Conversations.// (verb) to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, [|the] enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes. "On arriving almost an hour early to reconnoiter, I find the scene almost entirely peaceful;" //[]// (Kemp)
 * 6) Predilection – pg 89, Introduction (noun) a  tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference . “Striking a more ironic tone, Daniel Harris takes aim at the popular enthusiasm for “cute kitsch,” wondering aloud what our predilection for things like hallmark cards and teddy bears tell us about not only our more deeply embedded ideal but our hidden fears as well.” [] (Ross)
 * 7) Ethicist – pg 89, Introduction (noun) a person [|who] specializes in or writes on [|ethics] or who is devoted to [|ethical] principles. “ In recounting her debate with famed medical ethicist Peter Singer, Johnson, an American with disabilities, offers a startlingly blunt and thought-provoking meditation on what it means to be viewed – and stereotyped – as the “token cripple.” [] (Ross)
 * 8) Perplexing – pg 89, Introduction (verb) to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over [|what] is not understood or certain; confuse mentally . “Levy examines the phenomenon of stereotyping from a radically different perspective, documenting what she sees as a perplexing eagerness among young American women to make themselves into sexualized spectacles for predominantly male audiences.” [] (Ross)
 * 9) Searing – pg 89, Introduction (Verb) to burn or char [|the] surface of. “ Focusing his attention on the same issues of image and representation raised by these other three, Dyson shifts our focus to the question of race and offers a searing analysis of the inaccurate and discriminatory double standards underlying the mainstream news coverage of hurricane Katrina.” [] (Ross)
 * 10) Burgeoning – pg 88, Introduction (verb) to grow or develop quickly; flourish . “We need only to take stock of the growing ubiquity of personal webcam technology, the burgeoning popularity of online sites like Friendster and MySpace, for example, to get a sense of how widespread this norm has become.” [] (Ross)