SPEAK BY LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON VOCABULARY LIST 2

SPEAK BY LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON VOCABULARY LIST #2

Degrading 1. Adjective 2. Humiliating; disgrace; dishonor. 3. The Ecology Club is planning a rally to protest the “degrading of an endangered species” (). Video Clip: “Lion King” - http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=L-u. JCAWl 7 pw

Refurbished 1. Adjective 2. To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. 3. “I hang out in my refurbished closet. It is shaping up nicely” (). Video Clip: “Wizard of Oz” - http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=8 nl. D_BQn. AFw

Xenophobic 1. Noun 2. Unreasonable fear or hatred or foreigners. 3. “I am protesting the tone of this lesson as racist, intolerant, and xenophobic” (). Video Clip: “Monster’s Inc. ” - http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=NSAXkp 9 cqbk (2: 19)

Retreat 1. Verb 2. To withdraw or go back. 3. “They retreat to their corners when the phone rings again” (). Video Clip: “Cinderella” - http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Dyl_n. W 2 n 528 (2: 19)

Subjectivity 1. Noun 2. Decisions based on personal feelings rather than facts. 3. “Caught up in the meaning, in the subjectivity of the effect of commercialism on this holiday” ().

Sensibilities 1. Noun 2. Emotions or feelings 3. “The knife and fork were obviously middle-class sensibilities” ().

Revolutionary 1. Adjective 2. Support for a radical change or innovation. 3. “The revolutionary spirit is even breaking out in social studies class” (). Video Clip: “Shrek 4” - http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=t. LEjx. Bn 5 S 5 U&playnext=1&list=PLDA 96 BD 7 CD 3 EA 11 BF&feature=results_video

Drone 1. Noun 2. A remote control mechanism. 3. “I’m just like them – an ordinary drone dressed in secrets and lies” ().

Demure 1. Adjective 2. Shy, modest, coy. 3. “Ms. Conors did not win a lacrosse scholarship by being demure or hesitant” ().

Dormant 1. Adjective 2. Inactive; lying asleep; not erupting. 3. “Mt. Dad, long dormant, now considered armed and dangerous” ().