Friday, March 20, 2009

5 vocab words

dervish-A member of any of various Muslim ascetic orders, some of which perform whirling dances and vigorous chanting as acts of ecstatic devotion.
He is describing something he would do if he was free and able to move around;"whirl like a dervish"

systemic- pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole or pertaining to or affecting a particular body system.
it is what makes him laugh and smile what hes having seizures;"Autonomic uncontrollable systemic reflex"

autonomic-relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system; "autonomic reflexes"
its what makes him smile when hes having seizures;autonomic uncontrollable systemic reflex"

fortnight-the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
shawns dad was describing how short periods of time with shawn felt like a life time;"as days become a week and the week draws into a fortnight"

intuiton-a perceptive insight. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression.
shawns dad didnt directly say he wanted to kill him, shawn just thought he did;"its more an intuition"