"The First Seven Years" by Bernard Malamud

Feld agreed for Sobel to talk to his daughter Miriam and then everything changed, before he got the approval, Sobel left his job because he thought he wouldn't have a chance with the shoemakers daughter. But then after Sobel finds out he has the shoemakers approval, he went from being very depressed to the happiest guy and he then returned to work. This story was full of unexpected events. I originally thought that Miriam and max were going to last, but I guess I was wrong.

spring vocabulary #2

1. Praetorian: Resembling the Roman guards.
2. Sieve: Utensil with a meshed surface for straining.
3. Veiled: Covered or in disguise.
4. Saccharine: Artificially sweet.
5. Harlequin: Character in a comic theater.
6. Toil: Hard and continuous work.
7. Delinquence: Neglectful; failing.
8. Jibbering: To move relatively sidewise or backward instead of forward.
9. Insidious: Intended to entrap or beguile.
10. Strewn: To let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface.
11. Patronage: Act of buying something.
12. Cadence: Pace
13. Suffused: To spread through or over
14. Centrifuge: Machine that separates substances by spinning fast.
15. Dentifrice: Toothpaste.
16. Leisure: Time free from work or duty.
17. Vessel: Large craft.
18. Phonograph: Record player.
19. Profusion: Abundance of

vocabulary feb. 19

• brouhaha: A noisy and overexcited critical response, display of interest, or trail of publicity

• cloy: Disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment

• demeanor: Outward behavior or bearing

• deference: Humble submission and respect.

• enigmatic: Difficult to interpret or understand

• definitive: serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation; serving to define or

specify precisely

• bumptious: Self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree.

• choleric: bad-tempered

• bulwark: solid wall-like structure raised for defense

• curtail: To cut short or reduce

• adamant: extremely hard substance

• profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

• mawkish: Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way

• thwart: Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something

• onus: Used to refer to something that is one's duty or responsibility

• requisite: Made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations.

• mollify:Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).

• sartorial: Of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress

• presentiment: An intuitive feeling about the future

• impromptu: Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance

• forbearance: refraining from the enforcement of something

• remit: Cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting