Monday, March 31, 2008

Vocabulary

Appall:
"It appalls me."
I figured out what this word means by reading all the surrounding sentences since the sentece with the word itself was very short.
Def:to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay

Interncecine:
"In Ohio particularly, Clinton took two out of every three white women, and that split may have had less to do with intercecine debates between soccer moms and tae kwon do moms than with workto feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the likeing-class moms fretting about health insurance."
This was a very long sentence so it did help me out more to try to figure out the meaning of the word. The first thought by reading this, I would've guessed it meant something that relates or intervines.
Def:of or pertaining to conflict or struggle within a group

Fretting
"In Ohio particulary, Clinton took two out of every three white women, and that split may have had less to do with intercecine debates between soccer moms and tae kwon do moms than with working-class mom fretting about health insurance."
It kinda hit me interesting how there were two unfamiliar words in one long sentence that I did not recognize. By just knowing the topic of this long sentence, it really helped me figure out what the word means. One of the main is that is about the different types of debates between the different types of moms.
Def:to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like