Vocabulary

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p.2 **__ satirical __** Unfortunately, a newspaper reporter heard about the purchase and wrote a satirical article entitled "Meisinger's Folly" that labeled him "Snow Shovel John." Definition- something meant to make fun of and show weaknesses of human nature or a particular person.

p.1 **__ Marred __** A few scattered clouds scuttled across the blue sky, but all else marred. Definition- Having surface damaged or disfigured.

chp.1-p.1 **__ Laureate __** Walt Whitman, the unofficial poet laureate of the New York Herald, was so taken by the endless string of balmy days that he penned "The First Dandelion" for Monday's early edition. Definition- A person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award. Julia C. Nice job so far, ladies and man! Nicole...you are purple, correct? Is someone making a key somewhere for your colors? ch.1 p.7 word **__ accumulation __** definition-to increase or growth by addition Seen from here it is so colossal, it encloses so formidable an accumulation of human effort, as to overpass the bounds of imagination.

chp.2-p.18 **__ Plaintive __** From the distant shore, this drama was nothing but a series of murky silhouettes, accented by the thudding boom of ships crashing into one another and the distant __plaintive__ cries of the men for help. Definition- E xpressing sorrow or melanchony ; mournful //. Julia C.//

The Girl is plaintive. ch.2 p.20 **__ Fatigue __** Definition-wearness from labor of body or of mind. But the swaying of the car and fatigue won out and she was soon asleep.

Ch. 2 p.14 **__ counterclockwise __** Around this center, winds moved in a counterclockwise direction. Definition~ in direction opposite to that in which the hands of a clock rotate.

Ch.2 Pg.10 **__ Schooners __** S: And there were steamships, schooners and tugs in the bay. D: A ship with a fore and aft rig and two ore masts.

chp.3-p.18 **__ Antilitter __** Like most cities back then, New York had no antilitter laws, so newspapers, household trash, bits and pieces of debris, broken glass and ashes were routinely tossed into the gutter without thought. Definition- The condition of disorder or untidiness. chp.3 p.40 word **__ profane __** Definition-to treat with great disrespect. I learned a few new and attractive profane expressions to add to my already fair vocabulary of cuss words and with his help I about-faced and started the homework trek.

chapter 3 Pg.28 Definition- Quickness of motion.
 * __ Velocity __** -

ominously chapter 1

tenement- pg 13 ch 2 a run down and often misused apartment for the homeless

ch. 3 pg 20 fatigue- weariness