vocabulary.week.9.

The above picture was chosen to illustrate the idea of “accord,” one of our vocabulary words this week. A simple definition of accord would be agreement, but what I love about the word is the sense of harmony that comes with it. Indeed, the resolutions of peace following periods of violence and conflict are often called accords (Paris Peace Accords of the Vietnam War, for instance), so the word carries with it that sense of history also. Which is why I chose this picture to illustrate my idea of the word:

In this photo the grenade, at once a symbol of war and conflict, is gutted and repurposed into something harmless and beautiful. A vase for roses. Someone sits on either side of the flowers too, suggesting at least a degree of copacetic negotiation or harmony.

By Thursday morning, please have a suitably well chosen photo-response to at least three of this week’s vocabulary words. You’ll be posting each picture with the vocabulary word it represents and an explanation of why you chose the illustration, as I did above (and as you did last week). I’m only requiring three because I want you to take your time, be creative, and find meaningful connections. If you’re feeling artistic you could, of course, draw any number of the pictures yourself! Either way, be mindful of the meaning and do your best to capture it.

Without further adieu, here are your words for the week - sans definitions, as always.

1. accord
2. bias
3. incognito
4. deduct
5. paradigm
6. plagiarize
7. objectivity
8. precipitous
9. recapitulate
10. reciprocate
11. empathy

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

~Albert Einstein