:) Vocabulary #2 :)

Inertia-(noun)  intertness especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
Source Sentence- " ...the hump was everything, a kind of inertia, a kind of emptiness, ..."
My Sentence- Sometimes I can have a little inertia at home when I don't feel like doing anything.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because based on the definition I figured out how to use the word.
Ambiguities- (noun) doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.
Source Sentence- " -and for all the ambiguities of Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknowns, ..."
My Sentence- Every human being naturally has ambiguities about something or someone.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because I already knew what the word meant from previous classes.
Arsenal- (noun) a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
Source Sentence- " - the fruits  of science, the smokekstacks, the canneries, the arsenals at Hartford, .."
My Sentence- My brother has an arsenal when he is at base because he is in the Army.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because my brother has told me about them when he talks about being in the Army.

:/ The Weight I Carry! :/

I carry the weight of sadness each and every day. I became pregnant during this fall semester of school, and found out around Christmas time. I looked forward to becoming a mother and my family was extremely excited as well. Some of my friends knew but most of the news was told to my family. My parents were going to have their first grandchild, my brothers and sisters were going to have their first niece or nephew, and my child would have been the first great and great-great grandchild for my grandparents. This past Christmas, December 25, 2011, my grandmother ( my mom’s mom) passed away, and so finding out that I was pregnant brought some excitement to the family because we all had just lost a family member. I began this spring semester pregnant and it was a little hard to get up every morning and come to school but I did it! On January 27, 2012 I was scheduled for my first ultrasound and enjoyed seeing my baby on the little monitor. The baby was fine and everything was okay at the ultrasound appointment. After the ultrasound, I started to not feel well and slept the rest of the day. At 10:45 p.m., that night I miscarried my baby. I was in the Emergency Room the next day, all day long. This tragic incident has left pain and sadness on me. I have gotten through most of my day, but some days are the hardest, especially when it hurts me that I lost my baby. I share this story because being opened about it helps me cope with this loss that I have suffered. But, through all of this I will continue to try my hardest to keep this SMILE on my face. :)

:) Vocabulary #1 :)

Topography- (noun) the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man made features.
Source Sentence- " Depending on numerous factors such as topography and psychology..."
My Sentence- You can map soft surfaces of topography.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because I already knew what psychology meant and he grouped the words together so I based them together.
Profound- (adjective) having intellectual depth and insight
Source Sentence- " The guy's dead, he kept saying, which seemed profound-- the guy's dead. "
My Sentence- Seeing how profound she was, made him interested in her.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because I already have heard this word before, so I already had an idea of what the word meant.
Volition- (noun) an act of making a choice or decision
Source Sentence- " ... one step and then the next and then another, but no volition, no will, because it was automatic, ..."
My Sentence- The volition that I made yesterday made a huge impact on the rest of my life.
Context Clue- (Your logic)  because by reading the sentence I put it all together and knew what they meant by using the word.