OCtober sky:vocabulary
ALL ORIGINS TAKEN FROM DICTIONARY.COM
Vernacular- Language native to the people of a certain country [Origin:
1595/605; < Latin vernācul ( us ) household, domestic, native (apparently adj. use of vernāculus, diminutive of verna slave born in the master's household, though derivation unclear) + -ar1]
"'Hidy Miss Eggers' he said, tipping an imaginary hat and sliding into the southern West Virginia vernacular." (Hickam, 303)
Overzealous- too much, too highly, or too filled with, characterized by (Origin: 1625–35; over- + zealous)
"Even now, Coalwood endures, and no one, nor careless industry or overzealous government can ever completely destroy it-" (Hickam, 428)
Rills- tiny stream or brook
"In between spring storms, Jake's telescope allowed me to walk down the rills and climb the mountains and stroll the maria in the moon if my mind." (Hickam, 390)
"In between spring storms, Jake's telescope allowed me to walk down the rills and climb the mountains and stroll the maria in the moon if my mind." (Hickam, 390)
Ebullience- the quality of lively or enthusiastic expressions of thoughts or feeling.
"Miss Riley taught our class without her usual ebullience, the corners of her mouth turned down." (Hickam, 257)
"Miss Riley taught our class without her usual ebullience, the corners of her mouth turned down." (Hickam, 257)
Trajectories- The curve that a body describes in space
"Quentin came to my house on weekends and helped me prepare charts and diagrams of the nozzles functions, rocket trajectories and the trigonometry of altitudes needed for an amateur rocketry test range. " (Hickam, 393)
"Quentin came to my house on weekends and helped me prepare charts and diagrams of the nozzles functions, rocket trajectories and the trigonometry of altitudes needed for an amateur rocketry test range. " (Hickam, 393)