vocabulary week 9

NO	WORD	TYPE OF WORD	MEANING	SAMPLE SENTENCE
1	obstinate	adjective	Refusing to change your behavior or your ideas, difficult to deal with	The child was obstinate about wanting that specific toy , despite being offered several others.
2	callous	adjective	Not feeling or showing any concern about the problems or suffering of other people.	Afiq has been known as callous man as he does not bother anything about his friend.
3	Impetuous	adjective	Acting or done quickly and without thought	The research is impetuous by the students.
4	Hubris	noun	A great or foolish amount of pride or confidence	Victor Frankeistein ‘s hubris made him to create the monster.
5	conjecture	noun	An opinion or idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence	The professor’s research is a conjecture that makes her students to against her.
6	Sedate	adjective	Slow and relaxed , quiet and peaceful	The island is sedate .
7	rambunctious	adjective	Uncontrolled in a way that is playful or full of energy	The beach is often taken over by packs of rambunctious young people, so do not go there expecting peace and quiet.
8	scrupulous	adjective	Very careful about doing something correctly , honest and morally right	A scrupulous attention to detail is evident in all of his reporting.
9	indecent	adjective	Using language that offends people including behavior or ideas that people find offensive.	The indecent words are prohibited in the class.
10	irreverent	adjective	Showing a lack of respect for someone or something that is usually treated with respect	The students are very irreverent if they playing with their phone during a lecture.
11	Punctilious	adjective	Very careful about behaving properly and doing things in a correct and accurate way	Old-money aristocrats with a punctilious sense of propriety.
12	Euphoria	noun	A feeling of great (usually exaggerated ) elation	The euphoria of winning her first gold medal in the 100 meter dash overwhelmed Shelly.
13	Beatific	adjective	Express great happiness and calmness	As soon as she heard that news , she had on a beatific smile.
14	Luster	noun	A gentle sheen or soft glow , especially that of a partly reflective surface.	As light bounces off the ruby’s surface , its luster caught the eyes of many.
15	Distraught	adjective	Very upset that you are not able to think clearly or behave normally	She was distraught that some of her classmates are leaving MADPP.
16	Begrudge	verb	To envy someone for possessing or enjoying something	Sitting all alone in his room, Tony begrudged the happiness of his friends playing outside the window.
17	schism	noun	A separation or division into factions	Heratics were burned for attempting to create a schism in the Catholic Church.
18	Unscrupulous	adjective	Having or showing no moral principles , not honest or fair	Dinasur had unscrupulously copied his friend’s work behind his back.
19	Capricious	adjective	Given to sudden and accountable changes of mood or behaviour	The rescue team had a hard time delivering supplies due to capricious weather.
20	Savvy	verb	To understand something	MADPP students savvy the meaning of the words and update them in their blog.
21	Besmirch	verb	Damage the good name and reputation , make something dirty	The ground was besmirched with blood.
22	Spellbinding	adjective	Holding your attention completely	He gave me a spellbinding performance.
23	Paucity	noun	A lack of something	There is a paucity of jobs hiring today that require menial skilling.
24	Obliterate	verb	Remove all signs , rub or blot out, to remove something completely so that nothing is left	The robbers had obliterated all fingerprints before leaving the scene.
25	Amiable	adjective	friendly	That fellow is known all around school because of his amiable trait.

movie review week 8

                                            THE GREAT GATSBY

                                         

In the winter of 1929, Nick Carraway, a Yale University graduate and World War I veteran, is staying at a psychiatric hospital to treat his alcoholism. He talks about Jay Gatsby, describing him as the most hopeful man he had ever met. When he struggles to articulate his thoughts, his doctor, Walter Perkins, suggests writing it down, since writing is Nick's true passion.

In the summer of 1922, Nick moves from the U.S. Midwest to New York, taking a job as a bond salesman after abandoning writing. He rents a small house on Long Island in the (fictional) village of West Egg, next door to a lavish mansion belonging to Jay Gatsby, a mysterious business magnate who often holds extravagant parties. One day, Nick drives across the bay to the old money East Egg to have dinner with his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, a college acquaintance of Nick's. They introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, a cynical young golfer with whom Daisy wishes to couple Nick. When Nick returns home, he sees Gatsby on the edge of his dock, reaching out to a mysterious green light coming from the Buchanan's house.

Jordan tells Nick that Tom has a mistress who lives in the "valley of ashes," an industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. Not long after, Nick travels with Tom to the valley, where they stop by a garage owned by George Wilson and his wife, Myrtle, who is the mistress Jordan mentioned.

As the summer progresses, Nick receives an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties. Upon arriving, he learns that he is the only one who received an invitation, and that none of the guests have ever met Gatsby. There are multiple theories as to who he is: a German spy, a prince, even an assassin. Nick encounters Jordan, and they meet Gatsby, who is surprisingly young and rather aloof. Gatsby's butler later informs Jordan that Gatsby wishes to speak with her privately.

Gatsby seemingly takes a liking to Nick, and one day Gatsby offers to drive Nick to town in his expensive yellow car. On the road, Gatsby tells Nick that he is an Oxford man and a war hero, who was born into a wealthy family in the Midwest who have all since died. Gatsby takes Nick to a speakeasy, where he introduces him to Meyer Wolfsheim, a mob boss and business partner of Gatsby. Jordan later tells Nick that Gatsby had a relationship with Daisy five years earlier, and is still in love with her. Gatsby had been throwing the extravagant parties in the hopes Daisy will attend. Gatsby later asks Nick to invite Daisy to tea at his house, without mentioning that Gatsby will be there.

After an awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy begin an affair. Gatsby is rather dismayed that Daisy wants to run away from New York with him, as his initial plan being for them was to live in his mansion. Nick tries to explain to Gatsby that the past cannot be repeated, but he dismisses the remark. Trying to keep the affair a secret, Gatsby fires the majority of his servants and discontinues the parties. Eventually, he phones Nick and asks that he and Jordan accompany him to the Buchanans', where they plan to tell Tom that Daisy is leaving him. Nick is hesitant, but Gatsby insists they need him.

During the luncheon, Tom becomes increasingly suspicious of Gatsby when he sees him staring passionately at Daisy. Daisy stops Gatsby from revealing anything about their relationship, and suggests they all go into town. Everyone leaves for the Plaza, Tom driving Gatsby's yellow car with Nick and Jordan, while Gatsby and Daisy take Tom's car, which is blue. Out of gas, Tom stops at George and Myrtle's garage, where George says he and his wife are moving west, telling Tom he suspects Myrtle is cheating on him, not knowing that Tom is Myrtle's lover.

At the Plaza, Gatsby tells Tom that he and Daisy are together, claiming that she never loved him. Outraged, Tom accuses Gatsby of making his fortune illegally through bootlegging with his mobster friends. Daisy tells Gatsby that she loved him and still loves him, but she cannot claim that she never loved Tom even once. Tom promises that he loves Daisy and that he will take better care of Daisy as Daisy reminds him of his faults in their marriage. As Tom tells Gatsby that he is different from them due to his dubious background, Gatsby lashes out at Tom, frightening Daisy. She leaves with Gatsby, this time in his car.

Later that night, Myrtle rushes out into the street after a fight with her husband about her infidelity. She sees Gatsby's yellow car approaching and runs toward it, believing Tom is driving and had come for her. Myrtle runs out to the street, shouting Tom's name. Wilson sees this and calls out for her. Myrtle continues shouting and waves her arms in the air. Gatsby's car comes faster. Myrtle screams as the car strikes her, instantly killing her. George witnesses this. Myrtle's corpse thuds, her body torn open and bloodied. Gatsby's car fled the scene. Afterwards, Tom, Nick, and Jordan stop by the garage when they see a large crowd has gathered and learn about Myrtle's death. Tom tells a distraught George the yellow car belongs to Gatsby and that he suspects Gatsby was the one sleeping with Myrtle.

Nick finds Gatsby lingering outside the Buchanans' mansion, where Gatsby accidentally reveals that Daisy was the driver, though he intends to take the blame. Nick eavesdrops on Daisy and Tom, where he hears Daisy accept Tom's promise that he will take care of everything. Nick is disappointed, but decides not to tell Gatsby since his friend hopes for Daisy's call. Gatsby invites Nick over for the night and tells him the truth about his origins: he was born penniless, his real name is James Gatz, and he had asked Daisy to wait for him after the war until he had made something of himself. He'd then met Meyer Wolfsheim and entered his "business."

The next morning, Nick leaves for work and Gatsby decides to go for a swim before the pool is drained for the season. He hears the phone ringing, and, believing it is Daisy, climbs out of the pool as the butler answers the phone. Gatsby is then shot and killed by George, who proceeds to kill himself.

Nick invites Daisy to Gatsby's funeral, only to learn that she, Tom, and their daughter are leaving New York. The funeral is attended only by reporters and photographers, whom Nick angrily chases out. The media accuses Gatsby of being Myrtle's lover and the one who killed her, leaving Nick the only person knowing the truth. Nick realizes that he is the only person who actually cared about Gatsby. Disgusted with both the city and its people, he leaves New York, but not before taking a final walk through Gatsby's deserted mansion; reflecting on Gatsby's unique ability to hope, and how he lost everything. Back in the sanatorium, Nick finishes his memoir and titles it "Gatsby," then takes out a pen to re-title it, "The Great Gatsby."

Based on my opinion , I think this movie is a great example of the statement that wealth cannot buy love. It is evident when Daisy does not accept Gatsby's love although he is the richest man in town. Daisy is too scared to run with Gatsby from her family . I sympatized with Gatsby as all the things he done are useless as lastly Daisy decided to choose her husband instead of Gatsby. So , this movie really made me believe that wealth cannot buy love.

vocabulary week 8

NO	WORD	TYPE OF WORD	MEANING	SAMPLE SENTENCE
1	aloof	adjective	Not involved with or friendly toward other people, antisosial	Miranda is an aloof as she likes to sit at back alone.
2	prudence	noun	Careful judgement that allows someone to avoid danger or risks	We should have good prudence when we walk along the river.
3	applaud	verb	To express approval of or support	I applaud your decision to take that advanced course.
4	equivocate	verb	To use unclear language especially to deceive or mislead someone	The candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues.
5	denunciation	noun	A public statement that strongly criticizes someone or something as being bad or wrong	The official denunciation of the congresswoman’s actions before the full house.
6	rousing	adjective	Done or said with great enthusiasm or excitement	She was met with a rousing reception.
7	inept	Adjective	Lacking skill or ability	A well-meaning but inept secretary who can not keep her boss appointments  straight.
8	viable	adjective	Capable of being done or used , capable of succeeding	More research will be required to see if this is a viable solution.
9	haughty	adjective	Having or showing the insulting attitude of people who think that they are better or smarter than other people	The haughty waiter smirked when I remarked that it was odd that a French restaurant did not have French fries.
10	cryptic	adjective	Difficult to understand	His handwriting is cryptic until the teacher as he to write it again.
11	supercilious	adjective	Having or showing proud and unpleasant attitude toward better people	The supercilious girl cried when she did not get the first ranking.
12	pugnacious	adjective	Showing a readiness or desire to fight or argue	A movie reviewer who is spirited , even pugnacious , when defending her opinions.
13	drench	verb	To make something completely wet	The carpet is drenched by the water from the burst pipe.
14	insure	verb	To buy insurance for something , to make something sure,certain or safe	She went into the room first to insure the room is suitable for her baby.
15	vulnerable	adjective	Easily hurt or harmed physically , open to attack , harm or damage	I am vulnerable to sunburn whenever I go out in the sun.
16	Squander	verb	To  use something in a foolish or wasteful way	She squander the car only to put rubbish in it.
17	morbid	verb	Not healthy or normal, miserable	A pessimist who is given to morbid introspection and thoughts of death.
18	scrutinize	verb	To examine something carefully especially in a critical way	The time constraints make the candidates hard to scrutinize the questions.
19	innocuous	adjective	Causing no injury	the boy plays with an innocuous toy in his room.
20	indomitable	adjective	Impossible to defeat or discourage	An indomitable spirit was needed to endure the rigors of pioneer life.
21	Insolvent	adjective	Not enough money to pay debts	The insolvent man lastly was killed by the mafia.
22	subordinate	adjective	In a position of less power or authority than someone else	The subordinate workers always go home late at night.
23	exaggerate	verb	To make something larger or greater than normal	The American’s colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures.
24	usurp	verb	To take and keep something in a forceful or violent way and especially without the right to do so	Some people have accused the city council members of trying to usurp the mayor’s power.
25	valor	noun	Courage or bravery	The absence of indecision even in the face of death is the true mark of valor.

movie review week 7

LOVE ROSIE

Alex and Rosie have been best friends for almost as long as they can remember. After depicting their time together as children, the movie jumps to Rosie making a speech at what appears to be a wedding, while staring at Alex, implying it may be his wedding but not hers. The movie switches to 12 years earlier, where Rosie is upset because of getting drunk during her 18th birthday. Alex comes over to discuss the previous night's events but pauses when Rosie tells him how she wished it never happened. The pair later go to the beach together to attend a party where 'the fittest guy in [their]grade' asks Rosie to the school dance, which she rejects saying she is going with Alex. Alex later tells her that an attractive and 'out of his league' girl named Bethany wants to go with him. After a fight between the two, Alex and Bethany go to the dance along with Greg and Rosie. After some dancing, Bethany and Alex share a passionate kiss and Greg and Rosie get a private room. The two then have sex but due to Greg's inexperience, the condom comes off and gets stuck inside Rosie. She immediately calls Alex who gets her to a hospital then takes her home.

Later, Rosie receives a letter telling her that she has been accepted into Boston University for the hotel management course that she wants to do. After running over to tell Alex, she overhears him and Bethany having sex and vomits into a handbag. She leaves without seeing Alex and goes to a pharmacist, saying she has been feeling nauseous lately. The woman behind the counter, Ruby, gives her a pregnancy test which turns out to be positive despite her taking the morning after pill. Rosie decides against telling Alex after he tells her that he has been accepted by Harvard, not wanting him to stay for her. Rosie says goodbye to Alex at an airport as he heads to his university, saying she will be just behind him. Rosie gives birth to a baby girl, whom she names Katie, and decides not to give her up for adoption despite prior plans. Rosie raises Katie as a single mother.

A few months later, Rosie, with baby Katie, bumps into Bethany in the street. Bethany tells Alex, who immediately comes back to England from America to visit Rosie. The two become friends again and Alex becomes the godfather of baby Katie.

Back in America, Alex meets a girl in a bar and they soon move in together. Five years later, after Alex convinces Rosie to visit, Rosie discovers that Alex's girlfriend is incredibly posh and snobby, taking them to an art gallery of a man named Herb. Upon telling Alex that she didn't see them as a good couple, they fight and Rosie goes back to England. During the trip she also finds out that Alex's girlfriend is pregnant. Greg (who earlier moved to another country after hearing of Rosie's pregnancy) visits Rosie at work having received her letter and a drawing by Katie. After some arguing, Rosie decides that Greg can see Katie. The three become a family and Alex then receives an invitation to Rosie's wedding to Greg. Rosie marries Greg but notices Alex's absence from the event. Rosie's parents go on a trip and Rosie soon receives a call from her mother saying that Rosie's father has died. At the funeral, Alex visits and the two reconcile. Greg is also present but noticeably drunk and rude to Alex and Rosie.

Rosie and Alex's lives go on. Rosie discovers that Alex's girlfriend had been cheating with Herb, the art dealer, and the baby was not in fact his, something he is devastated by. At the time, she also bumps into Bethany, who is now an international model and Rosie tells her to go visit Alex in Boston while she is on tour. After Greg's treatment of Rosie at the funeral, Alex sends her a letter saying that she deserves better and that he believes he can be that better man. Greg however intercepts the letter and hides it from Rosie. Rosie goes to work and is excited when she sees that Greg has booked the bridal suite, assuming it is for their anniversary however after receiving a call from him saying that he will not be home, Rosie realizes he is cheating. She goes to intercept him at the hotel's bar and breaks up with him. After throwing away all of Greg's things, Rosie discovers the letter and promptly messages Alex to tell him she feels the same, with Alex saying in the letter that he would never bring it up again if she didn't tell him she felt the same. Rosie video calls Alex, but instead gets Bethany who tells her that she and Alex are getting married and that they want her to be his best man.

Rosie flies out to their wedding with plans of telling Alex of her feelings but its too late, arriving just after the ceremony. The movie then switches back to the first scene where Rosie is making a speech. She tells Alex she loves him in the speech, but quickly covers it up saying that it is only as a friend or brother/sister relationship. Rosie's daughter Katie has brought a close friend named Toby with her on the trip and the two very much resemble a young Alex and Rosie in their deep love and friendship for each other. Toby kisses Katie and she goes outside, very distressed. Rosie and Alex comfort Katie and Alex tells her that she should go talk to Toby saying that if she rejects him now he will spend the rest of his life looking for someone to live up to her, but no-one ever will, all while Alex keeps eye contact with Rosie. Alex realizes that Rosie doesn't remember the kiss they shared on her 18th birthday, and misunderstands her wishing that night never happened as her telling him that she doesn't want to be more than friends. The scene switches to Rosie saying goodbye to Alex at an airport as he leaves with Bethany.

Rosie starts up her own hotel and is pleasantly surprised when Alex arrives there. Alex tells Rosie that he has 'no baggage' and that he is no longer with Bethany. He then proceeds to tell her about a dream he had (his weird dreams being shared throughout the film, such as being the tip of an arrow, which no-one understands but Rosie) which consists of them being together. The two share a kiss and the camera pans out to show the hotel Rosie now owns.

                                             

As appealingly humanized by Collins and Claflin, Rosie and Alex are sufficiently flawed, three-dimensional beings for their continued attachment to each other to convince, even as their circumstances (including a pair of bad marriages) make it ever harder to sustain. Required to carry the characters from their late teens to their early thirties, both actors deftly pull off that tricky transition, aided considerably by Tony Cranstoun’s fleet, springy editing. Collins, who made such a bright, fizzy Snow White in 2012’s “Mirror Mirror,” proves a particularly agile comedienne, showing womanly wit and gumption beneath the requisite, radiant ingenue exterior. The narrative outcome may never be in doubt, but “Love, Rosie” makes its heroine work harder than most for her genre-mandated destiny.

vocabulary week 7

NO	WORD	TYPES OF WORD	MEANING	SAMPLE  SENTENCE
1	obstinate	adjective	Resistant to guidance or discipline, stubbornly persistent	The boys remained obstinate even after he was called by the headmaster.
2	spendthrift	noun	One who spends money extravangantly	Farah is known as a spendthrift as she loves shopping very much.
3	sanguine	adjective	Cheerful , optimistic	Aina always sanguine although she has to pass TOEFL and SAT.
4	elusive	adjective	Difficult to capture or difficult to remember	He said that remembering back how he fell was very elusive.
5	vindictive	adjective	To have a very strong desire for revenge	Aiman  become  a very vindictive person after he lost his parents.
6	erratic	adjective	Unpredictable , strange and unconventional	The school ‘s rules are erratic as they treats students as prisoners.
7	lethargic	adjective	Lacking energy	Madam Zu will start doing funny things when she sees her students lethargic.
8	placid	adjective	Not easily irritated	Everyone was shocked when they saw Adi became angry as he is known as placid man.
9	ingenuity	noun	The power of creative imagination	Shasha become a very successful artist as she has a great ingenuity.
10	respite	noun	A pause from doing something (as work)	Every workers has respite at lunch.
11	enumerate	verb	Determine the number or amount of	Faridah enumerate the tudung that her company manage to sell in three months.
12	perturb	verb	Disturb in mind or cause to be worried or alarmed	We try to avoid our father from being perturb as he has heart disease.
13	besiege	verb	Harass, as with questions or requestd, cause to feel distressed or worried	After she got a lot of money, she was besieged by threats from dangerous criminals.
14	tirade	noun	An angry speech	She gave a tirade that made our teacher offended .
15	spurn	verb	Reject with contempt	She spurned all his flattery and proposals , and so he walked off embarrassed and sad.
16	zenith	noun	The highest point, culmination	At the zenith of his artistic career , Elvis was outselling any other artists on the charts.
17	perennial	adjective	Lasting an indefinitely long time , eternal , everlasting	Aisyah is a perennial novel writer as she always satisfied her readers expectation.
18	excruciating	adjective	Extremely painful	My mother experienced excruciating pain when she gave birth to me.
19	affable	adjective	Likeable , easy to talk to	The class become a little bit boring when the affable Nazmi is not around.
20	detrimental	adjective	Causing harm or injury	Many know that smoking is detrimental to your health ,but processed sugar in large quantities is equally bad.
21	credence	noun	Belief in something	He placed no credence in physics.
22	impeccable	adjective	Without fault or error	He was impeccably dressed in the latest fashion without a single stain.
23	relegate	verb	Assign to a lower position	When Dexter was unable to fulfil his basic duties , instead of firing him , the boss relegated him to kitchen cleanup.
24	misanthrope	noun	A hater of mankind	Kevin is such a misanthrope that he refused to attend the Christmas party ,claming that everyone ‘s happiness was fake and annoying.
25	thwart	verb	Hinder or prevent (the efforts , plans or desires ) of	I wanted to spend a week in New York this autumm , but high costs of travel thwarted my plans.