○ "Nothing radical, no hothead stuff, just ringing a few doorbells for Gene
McCarthy, composing a few tedious, uninspired editorials for the campus
newspaper." (paragraph 2)
○ Example: "Nothing radical, no hothead stuff"
○ Explain: because being tedious is usually long and boring so by not being radical
it must not be interesting.
○ My math teacher was very tedious with his lecture.
2. Smug (pg.39) adj.
○ "Stupidly, with a kind of smug removal that I can't fathom, I assumed that the
problems of killing and dying did not fall within my special province." (Paragraph 2)
○ Example: "removal that I can't fathom" ○ Explain: some people's pride can be annoying and he can't fathom it"
○ After my mom was honored for her hard work during an event she was feeling of
smug.
3. Vigil (pg.53) noun
○ "...to guide me across the river and to take me to the edge and to stand a kind of vigil as I chose a life for myself." (Paragraph 3)
○ Example: "stand a kind"
○ Explain: because vigil means to be awake during a time of sleep most people
can't sleep standing so by him standing he wouldn't be able to sleep."
○ In order to see the meteor shower we had to keep a vigil.
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