Here are more words to learn from "Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions":
Deference - respectful submission or yielding to the judgement, opinion, will, etc of another
Indefatigable - incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue
Couching - to express indirectly or obscurely (Sentence in the book for which it's used, "For one thing, I can finally stop couching my suggestions in hesitancy and humor. That alone should save me a lot of time."
Pariah - an outcast. Any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided
Obstreperous - resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; noisy or boisterous
Frenetic - frenzied
Truism - a self-evident, obvious truth
Machinations - crafty schemes; plots; intrigues - To contrive a plot, especially artfully or with evil purpose
"Affirmative Action" - refers to policies that take factors including "race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group "in areas of employment, education, and business", usually justified as countering the effects of a history of discrimination. (Wikipedia)
Superciliously - haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression
All of these words can be found in her chapter called "Campaigning". Within this chapter, she brings us on the journey of reporting on McGovern, McCarthy and Nixon. It's a wonderful insight into the 1968 and 1972 Presidential Elections and also an unjaded look at Nixon before Watergate. I've also come to the conclusion from how she presents McGovern, that he was a pretty stand-up guy.
Try and use one of these words in a sentence today or this week. I know I will be trying!
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