Vocab III

Pittance from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 35

"When Manny was a young singer, he shared a tiny apartment in Greenwich Village and managed to live on a pittance."

Clues - He's not rich, young, and lives in a small apartment.
Synonyms - Chump Change
Antonyms - Big Bucks, Wads of Cash ...maybe
Definition - A small allowance of money.
Sentence - "My paychecks are barely a pittance"

Prodigy from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 43

"At the time Manny lived in Greenwich Village, the streets were filled with musical and artistic prodigies."

Clues - It shows that these people have some sort of skill
Synonyms - gifted, brilliant, skilled
Antonyms - untalented, unlucky
Definition - Person endowed with amazing brilliance, talent, etc. especially a remarkably talented child.
Sentence - "I'm a prodigy of coolness."

Derided from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 89

"All the rest in now ancient history. After three performances at a popular nightclub, Manny was offered a recording contract. Manny's Village friends, who lived only for their art, were quick to deride Manny's sudden success."

Clues - They were slightly jelous and decided to laugh at him to bring him down.
Synonyms - Jelous, envy, ridicule
Antonyms - Praise
Definition - Make fun of, laugh at in scorn.
Sentence - "No one is ever quick to deride my awsome coolness. I'm just too awsomely cool for that."

Reflection Post

This next week I'm going to work on managing my time better. I spend a lot of time jamming and simply hanging out with friends. I suppose jamming is good for my music classes and it is one of the main things I like to do so I can't really cut that down as much as other stuff.

It's not like I don't spend time studying and whatnot but I need to make more of an effort to get work done. I usually do thing at the last minute and that's not good. It works in the end I guess... but it's not the best way to do things.

For the next month or so I have to go to court almost every day. Add full time school on top of that and it suddenly becomes hard to find extra time. I also never get the chance to sleep in which is the worst part. I love my sleep but at the same time I'm a nocturnal type of person so I always stay up late.

I think what I need to do is just cut down on hanging out with friends because of boredom and just get work done in small increments everyday instead of on the last day possible. I can just stick to jamming and hanging out here and there.

Procrastination is kind of good though because you get to review everything the night before class so the next day you get into class everything is fresh in your mind. At least it's not all bad.

So yeah, those are my thoughts for this upcoming week.

Calendar 2

To Doooooooo fooooor mooooonday

1.) Catch up on required reading.
2.) Practice "Study in A minor" for tuesday.
3.) Write my essay for another class.

Second Vocab

Latent from "Word Clues L" pg. 19

"Sally learned that the man who had stolen the plans also took his plants to and from the office. Sally knew she had the answer! Like many reporters, Sally had a latent talent for police work."

Clues - Sally figured things out and realized that she had that skill.
Synonyms - Hidden, Unknown, Disguised
Antonyms - Obvious, Known
Definition - Present but not active; hidden; Concealed
Sentence - "I realized my latent ability to be totally awsome when people started having strokes when the wind blew through my hair."

Affidavit from "Word Clues L" pg. 127

"Sally was not surprised to learn that an affidavit of loyalty was required of each employee at the Tektron plant."

Clues - Employees need something that would prove or ensure their loyalty
Synonyms - Contract
Antonyms - tivadiffA? I really don't know...
Definition - Statement written down and sworn to be true, usually before a notary public or other athorized official.
Sentence - "Once I decided to hold back on being so awsome and Jesus pointed out my affidavit of awsomeness. He swore it was his fathers greatest achievement and to hold back the awsomeness (if that's even possible...) would be a sin."

Unwitting from "Word Clues L" pg. 59

"By this act, Grenville gave an unwitting push to the Colonists' move toward independence. The results were not at all what he had intended."

Clues - He did not realize what he was really doing.
Synonyms - Ignorant, Unknown
Antonyms -
Definition - Inability or unwillingness to believe.
Sentence - "Believers find the incredulity of atheists diconcerting."

Calendar

To Doooooooo

1.) Class... then... class.
2.) Go to a show to support a friend
3.) Be awsome - as always.

First Vocab

Incredulity from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 106

"Their incredulity persists even now that I am a senior resident, working in one of the world's busiest hospital emergency rooms."

Clues - She should be taken more seriously considering she is working a place that should speak for itself.
Synonyms - Disbelief
Antonyms - Approval
Definition - Inability or unwillingness to believe.
Sentence - "Believers find the incredulity of atheists diconcerting."

Preempt from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 106

"My African-American peers have their own ways of dealing with it: some even preempt suspicous patients by saying, "Yes, I am a doctor, and you check online when you get home."

Clues - He's answering a question without it being asked.
Synonyms - to be ready, before hand, predict
Antonyms - to fall behind, late, lag
Definition - to acquire or appropriate before someone else.
Sentence - "A preemtptive strike can make all the difference between winning and losing a war."

Pristine from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 105

"Proudly wearing my pristine white coat and feeling sure that I was going to save the world, I walked into my patient's room."

Clues - You would normally be proud to have a new nice looking object rather than a beat up old one.
Synonyms - Spotless, tidy, new
Antonyms - Dirty, unmanaged, old
Definition - having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
Sentence - "My guitars are no longer in pristine condition due to the amount that I've used them over the years."