Wednesday, November 13, 2013

1955 Vocabulary

1. Creole
A. Noun
B. those who are descended from colonial settlers in Louisiana , especially of French or Spanish descent
C. The term, Louisiana Creole, was first used during colonial times by the early French settlers to refer to those who were born in the colony, as opposed to those born in the Old World.
D. His hair is black and curly and he looks like a Loosianna creole.
E.
2. Corseted 
A. Verb 
B.to dress or furnish with or as if with a corset.
C.  She was tightly corseted in her fancy, elegant dress.
D. Traynor is all corseted down nice and looks a little bit fat but mostly good. 
E. 
3. Inflection
A. Noun
B. change the form of (a word) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute, typically tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender.
C. It's perfectly modulated, precisely inflected withno discernible accent.
D. My voice, my tone, my inflection, everything. But he forgets a couple of lines.
E. 

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