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Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Vocab (also sent to e-mail)

a)psychopathic: A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

b)You could say that the characters, and the robots appeared to be psychopathic.

c) Hitler was considered psychopathic due to his insane behavior.



a)sublime: supreme or outstanding.
b) The general overview of the video was sublime.

c) The dinner at the five star restaurant was sublime.



a)oblivious: Unaware, unconscious.

b) The robot was oblivious to the lack of liveliness in the room.

c) My mom was oblivious of my disinterest towards tennis.



a)capillaries: Resembling a strand of hair.

b)The robots did not have capillaries or any other human like characteristics.

c) In biology we study human capillaries and veins.



a)incinerator: A furnace for burning trash.

b) The ashes from the humans are somewhat alike to the ashes of an incinerator.

c) My grandmother lives in a building and takes the garbage to the incinerator every other day.



a)regiment: to manage or treat in a rigid, uniform manner; subject to strict discipline.

b) The regimentation of time, for example waking up by seven, and going to work by eight.

c)In the military there is a strict regiment.



a)quiver: to shake or to vibrate.

b) The robots' voice quivered.

c) I quiver when ever I get out of the schools' pool.


a)paranoia: excessive suspicion of the motive of others.

b) The robots paranoia of the bird made him behave bizarrely.

c) The schizophrenic patient suffered from extreme paranoia.



a)silhouette: A dark image outline.

b) The silhouette of the parents mowing the lawn and the children playing ball was all that was left.

c) I was amazed by the slim silhouette of the skyscraper.



a)faintly: lacking brightness.

b) The faint color of the sky and the lack of brightness is alarming.

c) The faint light at the end of the tunnel let us know that the ride was almost over.

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