Word Bank

Benevolent (adj.) - Doing good or performing goodwill.
Egregious (adj.) - Extraordinary in some bad way
Ideological (adj.) - Of pertaining to ideology. Ideology (noun.) -The body of doctrine, myth, belief, ect.., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class or large group.
Impeccable (adj.) - faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
Irreproachable (adj.) - not reproachable; free from blame Ambiguity(noun.)- an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning... Stigma (noun) - A mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach as on one's reputation. Pessimism (noun) - the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.: His pessimism about the future of our country depresses me.
Engender (Verb) - to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
Litany (noun) - a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
Ubiquitous (adj.) - having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once.
Tantalizing (adj.) - having something or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest or desire.
Benign (adj.) - showing or expressive or gentle kindness.
Inadequate (adj.) - Not adequate, lacking the quality required.
Lucid (adj.)- easily understood
Epitome (noun.) - a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class
Robust (adj.) - strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man
Lucrative (adj.) - Profitable, moneymaking
Superlative (adj.)- of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
Indignation (noun.) - Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base ; righteous anger
Wrath (noun.) - strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.
Incongruous (adj.) - out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
Pique(verb.)-To affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride
Fabrication(noun)-The act or process of fabricating
Exacerbate(verb)-To increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of; aggravate
Demure(adj)-Not attracting or demanding a lot of attention; not flashy; quiet; polite
Exuberance(noun)- Almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic.
Propensity- An established behavior

Wednesday, June 13, 2012


Nonfiction Book Review

From my understanding the book “Freakonomics” was about different social issues. Social issues based on facts and statistics. I believe the authors’ wrote this book to open people’s eyes and perspectives on different social issues. Mainly everyday issues topics like crime, cheating, income and incentives. I am not sure what the writers’ are trying to say exactly because I feel the book was all over the place. The structure was a little hard to follow and remain interested. Chapter two left a bad taste in my mouth when the authors explained that simply crime went down because the criminals simply weren’t born because of abortion. That chapter left a bad taste in my mouth because it was like saying everyone who did get an abortion was an unfit parent, low-income and uneducated. Mainly minorities get abortions so they were saying that minorities grow up to be criminals? I don’t agree with their so called research or opinion about crime rates. My colleagues did not agree with that research as well and thought it was more of an opinion than a fact. I don’t believe I would care to read any other publishing’s by the authors’ or do any further research for that matter. I agree the authors’ opened my eyes and made me think differently of certain situations. The outcome of situations always seemed to be a negative outcome or take. I have to admit the book was not an easy read and at times was difficult to read because of unfamiliar terms and concepts.  I would recommend this book to a person that likes a lot of facts and statistics. I would not recommend this book to a person that barely reads often because it would be too much to grasp and pay attention to.     
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