Thursday, February 17, 2011

5 words I didn't understand from the story, 'Suffer The Little Children', by Stephen King

Stout - Short and fat. Sturdy.
Tallow - Fat used to make candles and soap. Grease, lard, blubber, wax.
Hypocrisy - assuming of false appearance of virtue. Pretence, deception, can't.
Turgid - Swollen or inflated.
Senility - Showing weakness of old age. Anility.

5 words I didn't understand from 'Christina Rosenthal' by Jeffrey Archer

1.Adulation - uncritical admiration. Lovesick, flattering.
2.Fascist - right-wing totalitarian political system characterized by state control and extreme nationalism. Ringleader, boss, commander
3.Penultimate - second last. Next to last.
4.Banal - ordinary and unoriginal. Bland, corny, flat.
5.Dynasties - sequence of hereditary rulers. Empire, government.