Vocab Story

– Can you guess what the underlined words mean?

The history of the 1920s is an interesting one. The young generation was too excited to spurn the traditions of their ancestors as youth will do every generation cycle. Young women would deprecate the idea of a “good little girl” by openly smoking to show women could do this act as well (although lets be honest it didn’t matter who did it, it was a very unhealthy, and dangerous act (thank goodness it is unpopular today).

The “Roaring Twenties” as it came to be known involved large tax cuts, freeing citizens from confiscatory taxes that kept them from earning their well-deserved wages. You would think this governmental success for the people would leave citizens feeling satisfied and full of cheery, blithe emotions. But the youth of this era were not done yet. They were fighting for much more. Their bellicose attitude towards their time and place was not to be misread. They were sick of spurious politicians who spoke one thing while their policies spoke another. Their campaign managers would go on and on extolling their politicians’ picture perfect, clean records when in reality they were not so clean at all.

But the youth’s galvanizing spirit ignited even older generations to get up and fight back for what was rightfully theirs. Some even went as far as to sojourn outside governmental buildings for long periods of time; sometimes days, weeks, or even months! Having the older generation join the revolution greatly helped because they had the consummate knowledge and experience that their youthful counterparts lacked. This resulted in an effortless up”roar” that could not have been easier.

Please note that not all the information in this paragraph is factually correct. Some of it was made up for the sake of using these vocabulary words. Thank you!

~Sakeenah Tahir

New words to study for next post’s vocab story:

Opulently: ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish/ the opulent comfort of a limousine
Riposte: a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism
Candid: truthful and straightforward, candid
Endemic: regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
Neophyte: a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief
Gregarious: sociable, fond of company
Noisome: having an extremely offensive smell
Pulchritudinous: beautiful
Cadaver: a corpse
Enigma: a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.