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January 3, 2014 Dan Maffucci 50 Words Book: Me Talk Pretty One Day Maniacal -Pg 17 Line: â€Å"Due to his maniacal sense of discipline, I always thought my father would have made an excellent musician.† (adjective) Definition: A person exhibiting extreme symptoms of wild behavior Sentence: 1. The more drinks the man had he began acting maniacally at the poker table, tossing his chips at other opponents. (adverb) 2. On Fear Factor the man’s maniacal behavior allowed him to go through with apple bobbing in a pit of snakes. (adjective) 3. There were no witnesses to the murder, but nearby neighbors said they heard a maniacal laugh around the same time. (adjective) Plaintive -Pg 24 Line: â€Å"The current hit version of the song was performed by Josà © Feliciano, a blind man whose plaintive voice served the lyrics much better than did Jon Morrison.† (adjective) Definition: Sounding sad or mournful Sentence: 1. She had a plaintive cry when her dog passed away, she grieved for days. (adjective) 2. The musicians plaintively performed â€Å"in the eyes of an angel,† the song from the adopt a dog commercial. (adverb) 3. The cats had a plaintive meow until their liter box was changed. (adjective) Mimeographed -Pg 24 Line: â€Å"Before I left, he handed me half a dozen purple mimeographed handouts, which we both knew were useless.† (adjective) Definition: A duplicating machine that produces copies from a stencil Sentence: 1. I just bought a new mimeograph, it can make copies from a stencil. (noun) 2. The mimeograph has been replaced by newer technology that can also create copies, like ink and laser printers. (noun) 3. My grandfather gave me his old mimeographed flyers, hand pressed around the 60’s. (adjective) Interminable -Pg 32 L... ...ining a pattern in four pairs of dominoes and prophesying what the fifth pair might look like.† (verb) Definition: say that (a specific thing) will happen in the future Sentence: 1. The fortune teller made a prophecy that the woman would win the lotto. (verb) 2. The papers prophesied he would resign in a couple weeks. (verb) 3. Prophesiers make a lot of money off people who believe they can really tell the future. (noun) Corroborated -Pg 241 Line: â€Å"The theory was completely my own, corroborated by no one, but so what?† (verb) Definition: To confirm or support a statement Sentence: 1. Sometimes my teacher is not able to corroborate evidence she teaches us. (verb) 2. Many officers are also corroborators, by giving evidence to support their claims. (noun) 3. I hoped my friend would corroborate my lie to my parents, then i wouldn’t get in trouble. (verb)