1) Ego: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

2) Subjectivity: judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts

3) Metacognition: "cognition about cognition", or "knowing about knowing.

4) Epistemology: the philosophical theory of knowledge

5) Mollify: cause to be more favorably inclined

6) Abrogate: revoke formally

7) Bureaucracy: nonelective government officials

8) Viscosity: resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)

9) Filibuster: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation

10) Reconcile: make one thing compatible with another

11) Vilify: spread negative information about

12) Aggregate: the whole amount

Vocab: March 15

1) Bourgeoisie: the social class between the lower and upper classes

2) Proletariat: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

3) Stop-loss: a 2008 American drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce

4) Elucidate: make clear and (more) comprehensible

5) Elusive: difficult to describe, difficult to catch

6) Profligate: a dissolute man in fashionable society

7) Chasm: a deep opening in the earth's surface

8) Fulminate: criticize severely

9) Ostentatious: intended to attract notice and impress others

10) Obfuscate: make obscure or unclear

Vocab words 2

1. accord- harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters “In a perfect world, the views of the Republican and Democratic party, would live in perfect accord”

2. bias- influence in an unfair way “The judges ruling in the case turned out to have extreme bias”

3. incognito- without revealing one's identity “The man acting as a waiter on table 9, was actually a spy from the government in complete incognito”

4. deduct- make a subtraction “The cruel cop, wrote him a ticket that would deduct 200 dollars from his already feeble bank account”

5. paradigm- systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word “The word aardvark had an odd Paradigm to her”

6. plagiarize- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech “ The crowd later found out that the governors speech was completely plagiarized from a speech by Socrates”

7. objectivity- judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices “ The mans statement about the crook seemed to have a sense of objectivity to it”

8. precipitous- done with very great haste and without due deliberation “The teacher could tell that that paper was written very precipitously, and without care, and assumed he had written it the night before”

9. recapitulate- summarize briefly “The Greek speaker recapitulated the battle to the king”

10. reciprocate- act, feel, or give mutually or in return “ John reciprocated the offer, stating htat it was just too much for him to accept

11. empathy- understanding and entering into another's feelings “ Jimi felt some empathy for the aspiring musician, wishing him the best, and giving him advice”

Vocab words 1

flourish – a showy gesture "Her flourishing facial expression, impressed her boss..."

guerilla - a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment " The guerillas had poisoned their water supply and were now heading to burn thier homes..."

renegade - someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw "In his las few years he had become a renegade, and lived far from the eye of the law..."

repose - put or confide something in a person or thing " Her placed his repose in her...trusting her to keep his secret..."

stereotype - a conventional or formulaic conception or image "Scott moped away, upset at his racial stereotyping"

symbiosis - the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other "The scientists were baffled as to how the two toms could act in complete symbiosis, despite the fact that they both had similar actions..."

tariff - a government tax on imports or exports "Because the government had placed a tariff on his cofee, Jefe began to grow his own herbs and coffee beans..."

tempo - the rate of some repeating event "The tempo of the ticking clock beat faster, until it became a low level buzz in the background..."

tranquility - an untroubled state; free from disturbances " Balancing on his Indo board, he gazed into the forest and found a sense of tranquillity..."

tumult - a state of commotion and noise and confusion "The loud robbery had created a tumult within the bank, letting the robbers escape..."

tundra - a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen "The wolf crept along the frozen tundra..."

unanimous - consentaneous: in complete agreement "The club members took a vote and it came out unanimous..."

Should I care about Global Warming?

Environmental preservation is one of my most influential interests. I strongly believe that global warming is man made and is affecting the ecosystem around us. To be honest I become frustrated when people say that environmentalists are merely a group of tree huggers that don’t know what they’re talking about. Environmental protection should be held above the economy, or even cultural issues.

I dont like the idea of valuing the economy over the environment

Barder dove down towards the lake, in an attempt to lose the plane roaring behind him. Bullets whizzed by him, planting themselves into the water below. He yelped as a bullet narrowly missed his tail, and attempted to straighten out, only to realize that a grove of trees were mere feet away from him. He quickly rotated, barely fitting in between the trees as the plane exploded behind him. Barder burst out at the opposite end of the trees, and accelerated towards his lighthouse. He had lived there ever since he could remember, with his turban. Suddenly a bullet hit his ear, causing Barder to yelp and nearly lose control. Another plane, colored red, accelerated towards his left side. Barder pulled straight up, hoping that he could make it farther up than the plane. Frost gathered on his nose as he went higher, but the plane was maintaining his speed. Before he know it the plane was on his tail. Nearly ramming him. At this time Barder remembered the words of the guru he met. The turban will bend to it’s owners will. Give it a thought and it’ll make it a reality. Barder closed his eyes and thought extremely hard about the one thing he wanted. Suddenly time stopped. The plane froze in the air as Barder continued flying. He corkscrewed back around to get a view of the plane. It was eerie, seeing a plane hovering in midair. He curved back around and flew towards his lighthouse where he know he would be safe.